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

[Phillip Susi]

Well I was hoping to see an open() in there on /dev/fd to confirm that
it is hanging up on that floppy.  I'm not sure why it would change
between releases of Ubuntu, but if the floppy is the problem, then this
is at its core a hardware configuration issue.  It doesn't really make
sense to bother scanning floppies in the first place though, since they
can not be partitioned, so I have submitted a patch upstream to skip
them.

I'll see about merging it into ubuntu.


** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => In Progress

** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Phillip Susi (psusi)

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Title:
  Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

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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