USB drive disappears after formatting; gives error; no longer mountable

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

When formatting a 4.1GB iriver USB key, usb-creator-gtk gave me the following error:

org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.GLib.Error: 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 287, in Format
    partition = table.call_create_partition_sync(0, size, '0x0c', '', no_options, None)
GLib.Error: udisks-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error wiping newly created partition /dev/sdc1: Command-line `wipefs -a "/dev/sdc1"' exited with non-zero exit status 1: wipefs: error: /dev/sdc1: probing initialization failed: No such file or directory
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Subsequently, I could not mount the drive. If I pulled it out and put it back in, it would show up in usb-creator-gtk, but it would not let me install anything on it. The disk didn't show up on the desktop and I could not mount or access it.

I solved this by reformatting the disk with the Disks utility instead. After that, it showed up fine in usb-creator-gtk and I could install an OS on it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.67ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-21.21-generic 3.19.8
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jul 3 10:09:55 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-28 (96 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150325)
SourcePackage: usb-creator
UDisksDump: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'udisks'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)