[Bug 910379] Re: Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices

[dino99]

Got the same issue on Precise i386 with 0.11 version:
Its the first time i try to use gparted since we got 0.11 version on Precise i386. Loading it from the menu (gnome-classic) fails with this error:

- the first time, a greyed parted dialogbox start to scan to find hdds (have 2 pata + 1 sata) but found nothing, then get the error.
- the next times i even does not get the dialogbox, it silently exit and give again:

error: libhal_acquire_global_interface_lock:
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.InterfaceAlreadyLocked: The interface
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage is already exclusively locked either
by someone else or it's already locked by yourself

then lot of messages like:

libgdu-WARNING **: Partition /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdc7 is a
logical partition but no extended partition exists

Finally found the reason: the floppy ghost was activated into the silly
bios.  That bios propose to boot on something not existing in that box.

Effectively now gparted works, but its stupid too: it should not fail to
detect the real hardware, it's his first job, even if a virtual ghost
and/or a corrupted device is found, it need & might be able to work with
the other devices.

So this report should not be set as "fixed"

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Title:
  Gparted does not start and continues to scan devices

Status in Gnome Partition Editor:
  Confirmed
Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I have Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 with all updates installed.
  When launching Gparted it continues to scan for devices and never starts.
  I tried as normal user, as root, with and without a usb key attached.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gparted 0.8.1-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Dec 31 16:18:08 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-02 (28 days ago)
  XsessionErrors:
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2143): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
   (nautilus:2148): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
   (gnome-panel:2275): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1.0

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