[Bug 1497445] [NEW] Unable to create Vivid USB stick

[Jeff Lane]

Public bug reported:

I am completely unable to create a Vivid USB stick using usb-creator-
gtk.

I just downloaded the most recent 15.04 amd64 iso from
releases.ubuntu.com and attempted three times to build a bootable USB
stick with usb-creator-gtk.

This failed both times with an error box stating that USB creator was
unable to write boot loader.

I used a vivid image, a known working 16GB USB stick (I've used this
stick successfully many times thanks to unetbootin), no persistence.

First, it took for ever and it seemed to hang at 96% for a long time,
then 99% before prompting me a second time for a root password.  Then as
soon as I entered the password, the error appeared.  It simply says
"Failed to install the bootloader" and has a button that says "Quit".

Unfortunately, this is all I can tell you since usb-creator-gtk lacks
any sort of debug output option and I can't find where it writes any log
files at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.101-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Sep 18 15:57:43 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-15 (1282 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307)
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-20 (516 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed third-party-packages trusty

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Title:
  Unable to create Vivid USB stick

Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am completely unable to create a Vivid USB stick using usb-creator-
  gtk.

  I just downloaded the most recent 15.04 amd64 iso from
  releases.ubuntu.com and attempted three times to build a bootable USB
  stick with usb-creator-gtk.

  This failed both times with an error box stating that USB creator was
  unable to write boot loader.

  I used a vivid image, a known working 16GB USB stick (I've used this
  stick successfully many times thanks to unetbootin), no persistence.

  First, it took for ever and it seemed to hang at 96% for a long time,
  then 99% before prompting me a second time for a root password.  Then
  as soon as I entered the password, the error appeared.  It simply says
  "Failed to install the bootloader" and has a button that says "Quit".

  Unfortunately, this is all I can tell you since usb-creator-gtk lacks
  any sort of debug output option and I can't find where it writes any
  log files at all.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.101-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Sep 18 15:57:43 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-15 (1282 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307)
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-20 (516 days ago)

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