Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility
I tried to delete the partition of an old usb stick (64Mb!), because I wanted
to try out the "Benchmark" test of Disk Utility.
(The usb pen drive is some sort of thing to get wireless internet on a laptop,
so perhaps it is some hardware problem)
However, when I try to delete the partition I get a screen saying:
"
Error deleting partion
An error occurred while performing an operation on "USB064Mb" (Partition 1 of
USB2.0 FlashDisk): The operation failed
Details
Error starting job: Failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory)
"
The entire systems gets a bit laggy..
*Then after a while (when I am filling in this bug report!) I try to delete the
partition again, and this time: no error message and the partition seems to be
deleted.... Weird..
**Now, I tried to run the Read/Write benchmark. However, I again get an error,
this time:
"
Error benchmarking drive
An error occurred while performing on operation on "USB2.0 FlashDisk" (USB2.0
FlashDisk): The operation failed
Details
A partition table was detected - write benchmarking requires the disk to be
completely empty
"
***Again, while I am typing this: I try the Read-Only Benchmark --> and this
works fine..
Can it be that something on the drive is blocking attempts to write data
to it?
I don't understand the fork error and the read/write issue...
Please advice if you need more info: I am fairly new to reporting bugs
(this way).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.30.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 15 11:42:17 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
** Affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick memory partition
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Error starting job: Failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory)
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