Public bug reported: The partitions displayed by gnome-disk-utility are wrong. When i use gparted the partitions displayed are correct.
The display became wrong after i deleted 1 partition from the disk using gnome-disk-utility. Here is a screenshot of the 2 tools vision of the same disk: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1307844/ubuntu_bug_disks.png Here is the fdisk: hippo@hippo-camp:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for hippo: Disk /dev/sdc: 465,8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x1c0966b0 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdc1 * 63 758587953 758587891 361,7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sdc3 758589438 903041023 144451586 68,9G 5 Extended /dev/sdc5 758589440 903041023 144451584 68,9G 83 Linux hippo@hippo-camp:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 gnome-disk-utility: Installed: 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gparted: Installed: 0.25.0-1 Candidate: 0.25.0-1 Version table: *** 0.25.0-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I get *very nervous* when tools that have write access to partitions can't display them properly. Good hunt Matt ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Nov 12 12:16:39 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-disks InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-11 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages xenial -- 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/1641308 Title: Partitions display wrong in gnome -disks - ok in gparted Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The partitions displayed by gnome-disk-utility are wrong. When i use gparted the partitions displayed are correct. The display became wrong after i deleted 1 partition from the disk using gnome-disk-utility. Here is a screenshot of the 2 tools vision of the same disk: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1307844/ubuntu_bug_disks.png Here is the fdisk: hippo@hippo-camp:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for hippo: Disk /dev/sdc: 465,8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x1c0966b0 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdc1 * 63 758587953 758587891 361,7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sdc3 758589438 903041023 144451586 68,9G 5 Extended /dev/sdc5 758589440 903041023 144451584 68,9G 83 Linux hippo@hippo-camp:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 gnome-disk-utility: Installed: 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gparted: Installed: 0.25.0-1 Candidate: 0.25.0-1 Version table: *** 0.25.0-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I get *very nervous* when tools that have write access to partitions can't display them properly. Good hunt Matt ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Nov 12 12:16:39 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-disks InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-11 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1641308/+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
