SATA card-reader unusable after eject? (was: Nashua LUG and linux question)

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Well, that's all well and good if I'm the only one that has to
remember the difference (...well, assuming my memory is working when I
click things). On the other hand, training all manor of users may be
less effective. :)

In addition, if you can switch the power off from a click or the
command line, why can't you switch it back on? It appears that a
safely remove on a USB device powers the device off and when it is
plugged back in it is recognized and the power returned. SATA driver
more dumb?

Since I now know how to avoid it, it's just curiosity at this point.

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:03 AM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
> "Marc Nozell (marc at nozell.com)" <nozell at gmail.com> writes:
>> Why not just use the 'unmount' button from nautilus rather than 'safely
>> remove'?  That is really want you want.
>
> So this brings up a related question for me: I stick my backup USB drive
> into the slot. Nothing is mounted, but I see the device listed in
> Thunar. I click that and it is mounted.
>
> But I don't want to have to click the GUI so I can go back to the
> command line and do my thing. Why doesn't it (where "it" is probably
> "XFCE" in this case) just mount it, if it already knows everything it
> needs to know and only lacks a click?
>
> Oh and speaking of terrible default behavior, I'm once again bitten by
> the bug (yes, I consider it a bug) that local users without root access
> can't shut down Debian. And this time, there are hundreds of solutions,
> none of which apply. Grrrr.