Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-utils
If I try to format an external usb floppy drive I see the error "Cannot
initialize device ... you do not have the proper permissions to write to
/dev/floppy/0 or /dev/fd0 formatting will not be possible.....". In fact my usb
floppy is mounted as /dev/sdb (I can see this from df command or from dmesg).
I think this is a first bug.
Then I launch gfloppy with --device /dev/sdb but the error is similar.
If I try to write into the floppy all runs ok.
If I try to mkfs.msdos -I /dev/sdb from root (with sudo) the format process
runs ok.
ls -la /dev/sdb
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 2008-10-14 12:34 /dev/sdb
** Affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gfloppy write permission denied with external usb floppy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283168
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