[Bug 1307627] [NEW] Error wiping USB stick: UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1294877 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294877

On 14 April 2014 18:30, Timo Jyrinki <timo.jyrinki at canonical.com> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> My earlier bug #1307622 was a duplicate of bug #1300361, ie. my USB
> stick did not have a partition table.
>
> With (DOS) partition table in use, I'm getting the following error
> instead when trying to wipe the USB stick:
>

most reliable way is to simply use dd e.g.:

# dd if=path-to.iso of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Name-Of-you-stick

to resolve formatting via udisks, we'd need to figure out if the bug
is udisks2 itself of the way we use its api. Can you format the sticks
using just "Disks" UI?

Regards,

Dimitri.

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Title:
  Error wiping USB stick: UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error synchronizing
  after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  My earlier bug #1307622 was a duplicate of bug #1300361, ie. my USB
  stick did not have a partition table.

  With (DOS) partition table in use, I'm getting the following error
  instead when trying to wipe the USB stick:

  ---
  org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.gi._glib.GError: Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in _message_cb
      retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
    File "/usr/share/usb-creator/usb-creator-helper", line 239, in Format
      block.call_format_sync('dos', GLib.Variant('a{sv}', {'erase': GLib.Variant('s', '')}), None)
  gi._glib.GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object
  ---

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.56
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Apr 14 20:28:26 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-16 (758 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120316)
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-23 (173 days ago)

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