Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object

[Fernando Villas-Boas]

This is the same as in the 12.10 64bit; same error message, but in Quantal x86:

BUG #1070451 Error returned when attempting to erase disks.

Happens EVERY TIME I try to format a flash pen, with the new DISKS utility. I just quit using it.

[Fernando Villas-Boas (villasboas02)]

I've also thrown Disks away!

This is exasperating. 3 different builds with Ubuntu, 2 64bit & 1 32bit and every single one incapable of simply formatting any kind of flash pen (or disk!!!). I miss 12.04 so badly! Also, I had to turn to a Windows system to format & erase my flash pens. Pretty embarrassing. Not only that, you also can't name the volume on the (fruitless) process! Why?

Also, it seems to have become impossible to format a pen right from the Unity sidebar launcher, with a right-click. You can only Unlock from launcher/ Open / Eject; how silly is that? The navigation pane also lost this ability. Why? How come this is not more commented in forums? (Or commented at all?)

Solution, proposed by a friend: change to Xubuntu. Things are working over there.

The final Quantal seems crankier than the first beta!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Anders Wallin (anders-e-e-wallin)]

This happens not only for USB disks, but also for normal harddisks.
I had my old ubuntu system on /dev/sdb and the disk utility refuses to format the disk.

[Judson W (judderwocky)]

Its not sowftware if it doesn't work.

[Dylan Coakley (dylan-coakley)]

Why was the Disks application included if it doesn't work?? Lame.