Carla, do you have the dmraid package installed? If so, would you please try the following command and let us know the results:
sudo dmraid -sa -c This is to test if scanning of the floppy drive is related to the dmraid command. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910379 Title: Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/910379/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs