The dialogue that pops up to format looks like it's the same as that invoked from the Disks utility (which works). Looks like whatever call is made when you confirm you want to format the drive fails. Would it be possible to launch the disks utility directly from clicking "Format" in the right click context menu in Nautilus?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1227440 Title: Nautilus' Format option doesn't actually work Status in GNOME Disks: New Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: As reported by GNOME, the new Format option when right-clicking on a USB stick doesn't actually format the device. This feature was added to nautilus with https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=a73c8c773 If we can't fix this before Saucy freezes, it would be better to not show the Format option in Nautilus. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.8.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Sep 18 21:56:49 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1227440/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
