[Bug 910379] Re: Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices

[Curtis Gedak]

The problem with GParted taking a long time scanning a non-existent floppy drive is identified in the FAQ.
http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-11

The relevant bug report is:
Bug 351753 - missing floppy causes loop on scan devices
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351753

The fix back then involved changing GParted to parse the /proc/partitions file, and only use 
libparted ped_device_probe_all() function call if /proc/partitions does not exist.

In Precise Pangolin, has the /proc/partitions file disappeared?


** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #351753
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351753

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Title:
  Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I have Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 with all updates installed.
  When launching Gparted it continues to scan for devices and never starts.
  I tried as normal user, as root, with and without a usb key attached.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gparted 0.8.1-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Dec 31 16:18:08 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-02 (28 days ago)
  XsessionErrors:
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2143): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
   (nautilus:2148): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
   (gnome-panel:2275): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1.0

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