[Bug 1361474] Re: Error erasing device when there is dos partition table but no partition

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This bug was fixed in the package usb-creator - 0.2.62

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usb-creator (0.2.62) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Re-create the udisks client otherwise it will not return the newly
    created device or partition. (LP: #1361474, #1300361)
 -- Yu Ning <ning.yu at canonical.com>   Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:48:03 +0800

** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Error erasing device when there is dos partition table but no
  partition

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. prepare an usbstick with dos partition table but no partition, this can be done with gparted
  2. erase the usbstick with usb-creator-gtk or usb-creator-kde

  Expected result:
  The usbstick is successfully erased (and a partition should be created)

  Actual result:
  An error message is popped up:

  org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.gi._glib.GError: Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in _message_cb
      retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
    File "/usr/share/usb-creator/usb-creator-helper", line 239, in Format
      block.call_format_sync('dos', GLib.Variant('a{sv}', {}), None)
  gi._glib.GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object

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