Comment 2 for bug 99498

This is also affecting a number of other users:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=398262
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=398704

Can the requires_eject policy for all usb storage devices please be changed to false, as in general unmounting is a more desirable feature - especially since unlike a cdrom, the device itself is not physically ejected by the computer, and still remains electrically connected. If some usb devices specifically require ejection custom rules should perhaps be created for them, but to make ALL usb storage devices use eject is wrong IMO.

The original problem occurred when 10-storage-policy.fdi was incorporated in the lastest hal release, which was done to fix bug #97366, but I think a better fix would simply to be to add a specific rule in hal for ipod's as requires_eject (a similar thing was suggested for the nokia n770 in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/24399 - also includes an example fdi file for how to match the device - but it was rejected, even though it looks like the right way to try and fix these bugs), and then to change the desktop notification to say "eject or unmount" rather than simply eject, so that we do not confuse users.