Version information and result of fdisk -l are as follows:

# uname -r
2.6.15-27-386

# disks-admin --version
Gnome disks-admin 2.14.0

# /usr/share/setup-tool-backends/scripts/disks-conf --version
disks 1.4.2

# fdisk -v
fdisk v2.12r

# fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 119150 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1       48442    24414736+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2           48451       50522     1044225   82  Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda3           50522      111467    30716280   83  Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda4          111467      119149     3871665    b  W95 FAT32
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Attached is a screenshot of how disks-admin handles the situation. Note
that the first empty space reported is correct, the other two are bogus.



** Attachment added: "Screenshot of disks-admin showing incorrect partitioning 
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   http://librarian.launchpad.net/4923289/Screenshot.png

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partition does not end on cyl boundary -> disks-admin reports fake empty space
https://launchpad.net/bugs/67529

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