It's possible that a hardware error with the card/device is being encountered. After you run one of the aformentioned tools and encounter the problem, open a terminal window and enter the command: dmesg
Take a look at the output of dmesg to see if any errors are being reported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539652 Title: GParted, partitionmanager, gnome-disk-utility lock up when formatting Kingston 512 GB SDXC card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1539652/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs