[Bug 1119878] [NEW] "Error modifying partition" message is not easily understandable

Fri Feb 8 23:44:15 UTC 2013

Public bug reported:

1/ Insert a USB disk
2/ Open usb-creator-gtk
3/ Click on "Erase disk"
4/ And confirm to the question "Are you sure you want to erase the entire disk?"

Here, I get this awful error message (see screen shot here attached) :

"org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.Failed: Error modifying partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_change_partition: device_file=/dev/sdb, start=4128768, new_start=4128768, new_size=8005392384, type=0x0c
Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=8006926336)
MSDOS_MAGIC found
looking at part 0 (offset 31744, size 8005392384, type 0x0c)
new part entry
looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
new part entry
looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
new part entry
looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
new part entry
Exiting MS-DOS parser
MSDOS partition table detected
containing partition table scheme = 0
got it
got disk
got partition
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
new_size=8005392384 but resulting size, 7840768, smaller than requested
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
changed partition to start=31744 size=8005392384
committed to disk
ugh, offset or size changed
offset:     4128768
size:       8005392384
new_offset: 31744
new_size:   8005392384"

This is bug is not about the error itself, but on how it is displayed :
the message is clearly not understandable and should not be shown "as it
is" to an end user.

I would suggest a simple "Error modifying partition" or something more precise if possible. 
But definitely not the entire log.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.40ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb  9 00:31:08 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-12 (88 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity

** Attachment added: "usb-creator-gtk.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1119878/+attachment/3521484/+files/usb-creator-gtk.png

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Title:
  "Error modifying partition" message is not easily understandable

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1/ Insert a USB disk
  2/ Open usb-creator-gtk
  3/ Click on "Erase disk"
  4/ And confirm to the question "Are you sure you want to erase the entire disk?"

  Here, I get this awful error message (see screen shot here attached) :

  "org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.Failed: Error modifying partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_change_partition: device_file=/dev/sdb, start=4128768, new_start=4128768, new_size=8005392384, type=0x0c
  Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=8006926336)
  MSDOS_MAGIC found
  looking at part 0 (offset 31744, size 8005392384, type 0x0c)
  new part entry
  looking at part 1 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
  new part entry
  looking at part 2 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
  new part entry
  looking at part 3 (offset 0, size 0, type 0x00)
  new part entry
  Exiting MS-DOS parser
  MSDOS partition table detected
  containing partition table scheme = 0
  got it
  got disk
  got partition
  Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
  new_size=8005392384 but resulting size, 7840768, smaller than requested
  Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
  changed partition to start=31744 size=8005392384
  committed to disk
  ugh, offset or size changed
  offset:     4128768
  size:       8005392384
  new_offset: 31744
  new_size:   8005392384"

  This is bug is not about the error itself, but on how it is displayed
  : the message is clearly not understandable and should not be shown
  "as it is" to an end user.

  I would suggest a simple "Error modifying partition" or something more precise if possible. 
  But definitely not the entire log.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.40ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Feb  9 00:31:08 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-12 (88 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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