Please add support for GPT disks

[z]

The version of KDE Partition Manager currently packaged cannot manipulate partitions on GPT disks. They appear in the UI but nothing can be done with them. See http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?60281&p=310429&viewfull=1#post310429

Such support is becoming more necessary as the number of computers with UEFI increases.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: partitionmanager 1.0.3-0ubuntu4
Uname: Linux 3.5.4-030504-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 30 15:30:59 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120916)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: partitionmanager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[z (steveriley-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Also filed in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307643 ... I'm not sure whether this issue is Kubuntu specific.

[z (steveriley-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Dave, this is for KDE Partition Manager, not Parted. I haven't actually experimented with Parted, although a quick check shows that Parted at least recognizes GPT:

steve@t520:~$ sudo parted
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p
Model: ATA M4-CT256M4SSD2 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 256GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
 1 20.5kB 537MB 537MB fat32 boot
 2 537MB 246GB 246GB ext4
 3 246GB 256GB 9637MB linux-swap(v1)

Also, I've learned that KDE has added GPT support to Partition Manager in SVN (see KDE bug report and also Claydoh's comment in the forum thread), so now we just need to get the version in Ubuntu/Kubuntu updated.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[z (steveriley-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Still present in Raring.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Once upstream releases a version with GPT support it will land in Kubuntu :)