OK. No need to strace. I did the same trick as john Buczek. My system is working now. I did have a floppy appearing in fact on the left column of Nautilus. The following Command Lines made it disappear instantly.
I went to unix.stackexchange.com to get a solution : "Linux, disable /dev/fd0 (floppy)" http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/53513/linux-disable-dev-fd0-floppy Namely : $ echo "blacklist floppy" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf $ sudo rmmod floppy $ sudo update-initramfs -u The result is immediate, no need to reboot and lasting. May be I will have to do it again at the next kernel update ? The trouble came from the fact that although I have no floppy disk on my hardware system, the ASUS BIOS is declaring it. Hence the trouble with Linux. At least on Ubuntu the thing to do is to blacklist the module associated with /dev/fd0 I have re-install VMware in addition to QEMU-KVM and everything is working fine, gparted and the CL sudo blkid as well. This is closing this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159288 Title: GParted hang while Scanning all devices for 10 to 15 mn To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1159288/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
