On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 10:59 +0200, Hein Hanssen wrote: > Hello, > > When using USB memory sticks, I would expect to have an right click menu > showing a format option. This is not the case (well, at least on the > Gnome desktop, I don't know about KDE).
I have the option in Karmic's Gnome, for USB sticks and other USB mass storage devices like hard disks. > Right now, the only (graphical) way of formatting USB memory sticks is > by using Gparted. Sure, it offers you optional file systems. I can rightclick -> Format, and choose a few file systems there. The dialog also lets me launch the full disk "Palimpsest" utility (same as System Administration -> Disk Utility). Palimpsest belongs to the package gnome-disk-utility, which is depended on by ubuntu-desktop and thus installed by default. > But, every user expects to have an easy way of formatting, just a > (right) click away. And rightly so. Could you check if you have ubuntu-desktop installed? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
