[continued at the end] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: usb-creator-gtk crashed with segfault Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:56:18 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net <lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net>
The soap opera about usb-creator-gtk never ends. usb-creator-gtk created the live part of the installer, but crashed with segfault and failed to create a casper-rw file. I think it is Bug #915626 "usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV in _dbus_watch_invalidate" because the error output contains 'Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-(and a temporary file string)' Best regards Nio -------------- The pendrive made during the attempt described above did not boot at all. I should add that I told usb-creator-gtk to 'erase the disk'. I wiped the first megabyte (dd with zeros), used gparted to make a new partition table and a partition with fat32. Then I tried usb-creator-gtk again. I got the same or a similar segfault, but this time the casper-rw file was created and the drive could boot. There is even persistence now. Conclusion: Erasing a USB pendrive with usb-creator-gtk is not enough to make it work properly. Wiping the first megabyte (dd with zeros) will make it stop and complain. It is necessary to make a partition table. I made a partition and a file system too, did not test the other alternatives. So to increase the chances to succeed with usb-creator-gtk, I recommend wiping the first megabyte and making a new msdos partition table, partition and fat32 file system. Comment: usb-creator-gtk should be able to do all that by itself, when told to 'erase the disk'. Best regards Nio -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
