gnome fade logout + usbkey umount

[Dexter Ang <thepoch mydestiny net>]

hello again people,

i don't know if these two problems are connected, but they happened at
the exact same moment.

anyway, first of all, i have a usb memory key thing (no name brand). i
plug it in and mount it without any problems (/dev/sda1). once i try to
umount it, it keeps on saying device is busy. this happens even if i
don't copy any files to it!

second... after getting frustrated with the above situation, i reboot
just to umount the usbkey. i notice that my gnome setup no longer fades
when i have the logout screen showing. anyway to fix this as well? it's
eye candy, but it makes some people (who haven't seen winxp) go "oooh,
what's that".

thanks

dex