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Thunar, one of the lighter options in terms of file managers, recently updated to version 1.6.15 in Manjaro. Thunar uses a wrapper library to handle volume management using udev rules in Linux. Recently I noticed that the last two or three versions were actually throwing up notifications falsely about how they could not properly eject removable flash drives within Manjaro. I noticed this on multiple installations across multiple drives. I also noticed this behavior on other machines as well. While the system actually ejects the drive normally, the notifications persist.  Even after the initial eject, I get a delayed error window stating that the drive could not be ejected, however, lsblk clearly states that that is false. Right now, the easiest workaround that I have found is to just use a distribution independent file manager such as PCManfm. Also, running the command sudo eject /dev/$drivename  works equally as efficient. I don't believe that it's strictly a problem wit

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