[Bug 277304] Re: gparted messes up device entries (Intrepid)

[Phillip Susi]

intrepid reached end of life some time ago.  If this is still an issue
with a supported release, please change the status back to new and
provide the output of fdisk -lu.


** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  gparted messes up device entries (Intrepid)

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gparted

  intrepid, no matter what kernel
  gparted 0.3.8-1ubuntu1

  If you have 3 primary (sda1 - sda3) partitions and the sda4 is an extended partition,
  then starting gparted messes up device entries.

  Before:
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  0 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  1 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda1
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  2 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda2
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  3 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda3
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  4 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda4
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  5 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda5
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  6 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda6
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  7 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda7
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  8 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda8
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  9 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda9
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 10 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda10
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 11 2008-09-30 17:28 /dev/sda11

  just after executing gparted:
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  0 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  1 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda1
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  2 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda2
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  3 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda3
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  4 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda4
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  6 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda6
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  7 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda7
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  8 2008-09-30 19:28 /dev/sda8
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8,  9 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda9
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 10 2008-10-02 23:14 /dev/sda10
  brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 11 2008-09-30 17:28 /dev/sda11

  as you can see, the sda5 device vanished.

  This makes a "non-geek" installation of intrepid on such
  a partition table not possible.

  Bogus error message:
  LC_ALL=C sudo gparted
  ======================
  libparted : 1.8.9
  ======================
  Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy.  This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda5 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
  The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/sda (Device or resource busy).  This means Linux won't know anything about the modifications you made until you reboot.  You should reboot your computer before doing anything with /dev/sda.

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