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udev package

Floppy Formatter (gfloppy) Error

Bug #34907 reported by jaugustine
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #32599: kernel's PHP^Wpnp subsystem is broken. Edit Remove
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
udev (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Scott James Remnant (Canonical)

Bug Description

As of 3/14/06, gfloppy, included in gnome-utils, is reporting the following errors while trying to run gfloppy. This is a Dapper x86 install.

Cannot Utilize Device
Unable to open any device, formatting cannot continue.

Selecting OK on this dialog terminates the application.

Error occurs with or without a disk in the drive.

This drive operates correctly and is fully functional under all other systems, e.g. Windows, Breezy, FC4/5, Debian Stable/Testing/Unstable. Gfloppy has worked properly prior to system updates on this installation. All system settings are default from the install, e.g. fstab, etc.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. Does a "sudo modprobe floppy" fixes your issue?

Changed in gnome-utils:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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jaugustine (jaugustine) wrote :

Yes, it does. Why this module isn't already installed is interesting.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for the reply. Reassigning to Scott and udev, if that's not the right place Scott will know what package is to blame

Changed in gnome-utils:
assignee: desktop-bugs → keybuk
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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