usb stick

[Mario Vukelic]

On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 10:59 +0200, Hein Hanssen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When using USB memory sticks, I would expect to have an right click menu
> showing a format option. This is not the case (well, at least on the
> Gnome desktop, I don't know about KDE).

I have the option in Karmic's Gnome, for USB sticks and other USB mass
storage devices like hard disks.

> Right now, the only (graphical) way of formatting USB memory sticks is
> by using Gparted. Sure, it offers you optional file systems.

I can rightclick -> Format, and choose a few file systems there. The
dialog also lets me launch the full disk "Palimpsest" utility (same as
System Administration -> Disk Utility).

Palimpsest belongs to the package gnome-disk-utility, which is depended
on by ubuntu-desktop and thus installed by default.

> But, every user expects to have an easy way of formatting, just a
> (right) click away.

And rightly so. Could you check if you have ubuntu-desktop installed?