Public bug reported: After authenticating, Startup Disk Creator gave an error message:
org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.Failed: Error modifying partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_change_partition: device_file=/dev/sdb, start=1048576, new_start=1048576, new_size=2046820352, type=0x0c Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=2048729600) MSDOS_MAGIC found looking at part 0 (offset 1048576, size 2046820352, type 0x0b) new part entry looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00) new part entry Exiting MS-DOS parser MSDOS partition table detected containing partition table scheme = 0 got it got disk got partition changed partition to start=1048576 size=2047046144 committed to disk ugh, offset or size changed offset: 1048576 size: 2046820352 new_offset: 1048576 new_size: 2047046144 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.47 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Mar 25 17:12:18 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-17 (36 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130211) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: usb-creator UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring startup-disk-creator testcase usb-creator -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160035 Title: Startup Disk Creator unable to format USB drive - Error modifying partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_change_partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1160035/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs