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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556429 Title: Cannot add partition to a formatted USB memory Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm trying to encrypt a USB memory with gnome-disks, but it fails when trying to add a partition: Error creating partition Error wiping newly created partition /dev/sdf1: Command-line `wipefs -a "/dev/sdf1"' exited with non-zero exit status 1: wipefs: error: /dev/sdf1: probing initialization failed: No such file or directory (udisks-error-quark, 0) Steps to reproduce: 1) Open gnome-disks with the USB drive attached 2) Format the drive (MRB or GPT, doesn't matter) 3) Click the "+" to open Create Partition dialog 4) Select Ext4 (or LUKS + Ext4) + fill in the details 5) Click "Create" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.16.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Mar 12 17:15:08 2016 SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-30 (134 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1556429/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
