Same problem (5-6 minutes to wait before gparted start) with kubuntu gutsy. This is the console output: ====================== libparted : 1.7.1 ====================== Impossibile aprire /dev/fd0 in lettura/scrittura (File system in sola lettura). /dev/fd0 รจ stato aperto in sola lettura. Impossibile aprire /dev/fd0 - etichetta del disco sconosciuta.
And this is the result of fdisk -l: Disco /dev/hda: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 byte 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000001 Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 3824 30716248+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 3825 36352 261281160 f W95 Esteso (LBA) /dev/hda3 36353 36483 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda5 3825 8923 40957686 83 Linux /dev/hda6 8924 22636 110149641 83 Linux /dev/hda7 22637 36352 110173738+ 83 Linux Disco /dev/hdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 byte 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000ed33e Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 1824 14651248+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 1825 3411 12747577+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 3412 4998 12747577+ 83 Linux -- Gparted starts very very slow and "buggy" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161791 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
