Maybe this bug is fixed in the latest 0.19.1 version: GParted 0.19.1 (2014-07-15) Release Notes
This release of GParted includes a critical bug fix for a potential crash. The crash is rare, but if the crash happens while applying operations then data loss might occur. Also included are language translation updates. Key changes include: Prevent crash caused by cross thread write after free in _OnReadable() Bug Fixes Prevent cross thread write after free in _OnReadable() (#731752) Translations (new/updated) ar(Safa Alfulaij, Abderrahim Kitouni), de(Wolfgang Stöggl), el(MarMav, Tom Tryfonidis), es(Daniel Mustieles), it(Milo Casagrande), pt_BR(Rafael Ferreira), ro(Daniel Șerbănescu), uk(Daniel Korostil) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341587 Title: gparted crashed during a control of a filesystem of an usb pen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1341587/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs