I still experience this bug on a fully updated Ubuntu 14.04.4 when I tried to format a HDD installed via a hard drive caddy at the CD Rom position. This is really getting ridiculous. This bug made me hesitate to recommend Ubuntu to my colleagues. Please, FIX this bug.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059872 Title: Error formatting disk using disk utility Status in DarGUI: New Status in OEM Priority Project: New Status in udisks2 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in util-linux source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in util-linux package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Formatting a SD card using the disk utility fails with an error message "Error formatting disk - Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object (udisks-error-quark, 0)" The underlying problem is that the "wipefs" tool from util-linux does not work any more. You can work around this bug in gnome-disk-utility using these steps: * After selecting the SD card, instead of clicking the gear icon to format, click the partition in the "Volumes" section. * Delete the partition ("minus" icon) * Create a new partition [Test Case] $ sudo modprobe scsi_debug dev_size_mb=200 # this creates a new /dev/sdX, usually /dev/sdb; check dmesg! # now create a partition table $ cat <<EOF | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdb # partition table of /dev/sdb unit: sectors /dev/sdb1 : start= 32, size= 409568, Id=83 /dev/sdb2 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 /dev/sdb3 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 /dev/sdb4 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 EOF # now create an ext4 file system: $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 # check contents: $ sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos" /dev/sdb1: UUID="4bd1c542-a61f-43c4-a7e5-cc50e66e6b5a" VERSION="1.0" TYPE="ext4" USAGE="filesystem" PART_ENTRY_SCHEME="dos" PART_ENTRY_TYPE="0x83" PART_ENTRY_NUMBER="1" PART_ENTRY_OFFSET="32" PART_ENTRY_SIZE="409568" PART_ENTRY_DISK="8:16" # wipe: $ sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdb # now check contents again $ sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 # in the broken case, you will still see a "dos" partition table and the ext4 partition; in the working case, /dev/sdb won't show anything and /dev/sdb1 does not exist any more ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: udisks 1.0.4-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CustomUdevRuleFiles: 51-android.rules 51-android.rules~ Date: Mon Oct 1 15:07:46 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120720.1) MachineType: FOXCONN NT-A2400&NT-A3500 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-15-generic root=UUID=fcc445e4-9662-47cc-855d-ca17ad1c2a87 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: udisks UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/29/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 4.6.4 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: NT-A2400&NT-A3500 dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN dmi.board.version: FAB 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 4 dmi.chassis.vendor: FOXCONN dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.4:bd03/29/2011:svnFOXCONN:pnNT-A2400&NT-A3500:pvrFAB1.0:rvnFOXCONN:rnNT-A2400&NT-A3500:rvrFAB1.0:cvnFOXCONN:ct4:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: NT-A2400&NT-A3500 dmi.product.version: FAB 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: FOXCONN To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dargui/+bug/1059872/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
