Yes, this happens for me, too, on x86 with Intel 855GM video (for which graphics acceleration in broken, so it’s turned off). Even after renicing, mkfs gets only 5 to 10 % of CPU time. There should be a way to prevent gparted from doing this.
-- gpartedbin and Xorg starve mkfs of CPU time. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs