Public bug reported:
Brand new hard drive, newly formatted by gnome-disks, went to add a new
filesystem to it
> ext4+LUKS
partition size (default at 4001 GB) free space following (default at 0 GB)
erase: don't erase
name: hedy1
password: *********
confirm password: *********
[create]
result:
Error creating partition on /dev/sdb: Command-line `parted --align optimal
--script "/dev/sdb" "mkpart \" \" ext2 1MiB 4000752582143b"' exited with
non-zero exit status 1: Error: You requested a partition from 1049kB to 4001GB
(sectors 256..976746235).
The closest location we can manage is 1049kB to 4001GB (sectors 256..976746234).
(udisks-error-quark, 0)
Ubuntu : 15.10
gnome-disk-utility: 3.16.2-0ubuntu2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.16.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Tue Jun 21 20:07:12 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (713 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708)
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-04-21 (61 days ago)
** Affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily
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Error creating partition: ... You requested a partition from X to Y
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