This problem remains in Ubuntu 14.04. Pressing F1 in the Disks window now brings up some help (yay!), but GNOME Help » Hardware » Disks & storage » "Manage volumes and partitions" is light on details and says nothing about these icon badges.
Besides giving these badges a tooltip, the panel underneath showing partition details (e.g. Size, Device, Partition Type, Contents) should also show the star and play triangle icons, each followed by the textual information that the icon is supposed to convey. My details: Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.10.0-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64 CurrentDesktop: Unity ** Attachment added: "what do the star and play triangle mean?!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1165437/+attachment/4127843/+files/2014-06-08%20gnome-disks%20mystery%20icon%20badgets.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165437 Title: Mysterious, unlabeled icons on disk volumes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1165437/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
