I forgot something: I ran gparted from the console and these are the error messages it spits when it crashes:
====================== libparted : 1.7.1 ====================== glibmm-ERROR **: unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler: what: std::bad_alloc aborting... Aborted Regards, Paulo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

