Public bug reported: If a USB external drive is plugged in, gparted hangs at startup "scanning" for all devices. This happens even if a device is specified as a command-line argument. Repeated errors are written to /var/log/kern.log forever, like this:
Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 ... There is no actual floppy on my system. I think my motherboard has a floppy controller, though, which may be why udev created the device file /dev/fd0, and gparted seems to be trying to read from it. Apparently gparted ignores the errors and keeps trying forever. For some reason this does not happen if a USB drive isn't plugged in! Strange. (Note: There is an old thread reporting a similar problem with a USB flash drive at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12461074#post12461074) SUGGESTIONS: 1. If device arg(s) are specified on the command line, don't touch any other devices (eg don't scan at start-up). 2. If an i/o error occurs repeatedly, stop trying to access that device. 3. Figure out why the floppy device is accessed only when a USB device is present, and fix that (I'm assuming they should be unrelated) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gparted 0.11.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jan 18 10:26:02 2013 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gparted UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-10 (160 days ago) ** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1101328 Title: Hangs scanning non-existent floppy if USB drive is present To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1101328/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
