Re: [Usability] Drive applet by default

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

M�nj , 2006-09-14 at 18:26 -0400, David Zeuthen ka shkruar:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 14:05 +0200, Isak Savo wrote:
> > I think he's talking about the fact that when you "unmount" a USB
> > device in windows, the devices are often turning off their leds to
> > indicate that they are now turned off. When unmounting in linux, this
> > is often not the case (although the device *is* properly unmounted and
> > data is flushed, so it's just a cosmetic thing.).
> 
> Right, I've seen this too. It would be nice to turn power down the USB
> device when we've unmounted / ejected it. Unfortunately run-time power
> management is pretty weak in Linux but people are actually working on
> it. When it lands in Linux and is generally usable, we'll export this in
> HAL and it's easy to take advantage of from the desktop.

On a laptop this might make sense. On my desktop though, I might want to
eject my iPod, but leave it connect and have it continue to charge, if
the battery is low.

-- dobey