Format device does nothing in nautilus

[linex83]

I have two different external USB hard drives attached. Each of them has just one partition. The devices/partitions are visible in nautilus on the left hand side. I want to format them, so I do a right click on the device/partition in nautilus and select "Format...". In response, NOTHING happens. It's the same thing with both partitions. My expectation would be that a window opens allowing me for different options of formatting, like file system type and encryption options.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-28.30-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Nov 20 17:53:32 2020
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'larger'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(2225, 1216)'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-14 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:
 evince 3.38.0-1
 file-roller 3.38.0-1
 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1
 nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3

[linex83 (linex83)]

Here is what is shown in /var/log/syslog when nothing happens after clicking "Format...":

Nov 20 18:00:34 XXX nautilus[5606]: message repeated 2 times: [ gtk_widget_is_drawable: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed]
Nov 20 18:00:35 XXX org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8547]: Cannot parse integer value “140026b” for --xid

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1853784, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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