Comment 36 for bug 910379

Got the same issue on Precise i386 with 0.11 version:
Its the first time i try to use gparted since we got 0.11 version on Precise i386. Loading it from the menu (gnome-classic) fails with this error:

- the first time, a greyed parted dialogbox start to scan to find hdds (have 2 pata + 1 sata) but found nothing, then get the error.
- the next times i even does not get the dialogbox, it silently exit and give again:

error: libhal_acquire_global_interface_lock: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.InterfaceAlreadyLocked: The interface org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage is already exclusively locked either by someone else or it's already locked by yourself

then lot of messages like:

libgdu-WARNING **: Partition /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdc7 is a logical partition but no extended partition exists

Finally found the reason: the floppy ghost was activated into the silly bios. That bios propose to boot on something not existing in that box.

Effectively now gparted works, but its stupid too: it should not fail to detect the real hardware, it's his first job, even if a virtual ghost and/or a corrupted device is found, it need & might be able to work with the other devices.

So this report should not be set as "fixed"