I had the same problem but cannot reproduce it now since rebooting. I don't recall changing anything. Gparted works fine now!
apt-cache policy gparted gparted: Installed: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- gparted crash at start: glibmm-ERROR ** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617885 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs