the duplicate bug mentioned in recent comments indicate the devicekit- disks interface has issues with the floppy drive too, seems rather a bug in devicekit-disks there
** Package changed: gvfs (Ubuntu) => devicekit-disks (Ubuntu) -- [Karmic] floppy is not working (Ubuntu 9.10) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs