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Dismissing a "device is busy" message.

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Not sure where this goes, and didn't find this elsewhere.

I using 20.2 Cinnamon.

After trying to eject a USB stick that's currently busy with something, there was a "device is busy please wait" message. I wanted that message off the screen, so I hit the X, but it just came right back again.

How may I dismiss that sort of message, such that it won't pop up again seconds later?
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Re: Dismissing a "device is busy" message.

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Wait the needed time. The warning has a reason. The reason does not vanish, if you dismiss the message.
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Re: Dismissing a "device is busy" message.

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Bronze Globe wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 5:17 pm ... After trying to eject a USB stick that's currently busy with something, there was a "device is busy please wait" message. I wanted that message off the screen, so I hit the X, but it just came right back again....
The best way to avoid a message like that is to stop trying to eject it when it's busy.
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Re: Dismissing a "device is busy" message.

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If you are copying a lot of files to a usb stick, when you have started the copy open a terminal and sync. When you get the terminal prompt back again the stick is safe to remove.
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Re: Dismissing a "device is busy" message.

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I'd like to add that if you have a file manager window open or terminal window that is viewing a directory on the USB stick, you can get the same message.
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