Ubuntu
usb-creator package

Startup Disk Creator dont erase pen drive

Bug #1311424 reported by Henrique Gogó
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This bug affects 2 people
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usb-creator (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I tried to erase the pen drive, so I saw this message:

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: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 22 23:06:22 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-31 (173 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (3 days ago)

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Henrique Gogó (gogs) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastian Thürrschmidt (thuerrschmidt) wrote :

Same thing here while trying to format a USB thumbdrive in trusty. Looks very similar to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/1059872 and, like the latter, could be one of the many symptoms of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1012081 (ancient util-linux in Debian/Ubuntu).

A workaround is to use gparted to format the target disk to fat32. (The Disks utility won't work either, see those other bugs.)

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