I'm running gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1 on Ubuntu 13.10. I see this same error whenever I try to format any USB drive at all. Perhaps all of my USB drives already have partition tables. In any case, the format command should be able to format any disk, no matter what is on it already.
** Summary changed: - Cannot format disk with new partition table + Cannot format disk with existing partition table: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069235 Title: Cannot format disk with existing partition table: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1069235/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
