usb-creator crashes while creating live usb

[Subin Hutton]

I was trying to create ubuntu 12.10 installation disk using usb-creator-gtk. In the final stage, the application crashes. I tested this behaviour in ubuntu 12.10 - 32 bit and 12.10 - 64bit and it crashes. Attached image will give more details.

subin@subin-Vostro-3350:/var/crash$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

subin@subin-Vostro-3350:~$ usb-creator-gtk
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Crash report is attached.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Marc Tommasi (marc-tommasi)]

- format the key
- unmount every /dev/loopX

then usb-creator finally worked for me

[Subin Hutton (djlynux)]

I think there's a bug in that.

[Daniel Di Sarli (danieleds0)]

The problem is still present on Ubuntu 13.04...

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Subin Hutton, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is missing. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer. First, execute at a terminal:
cd /var/crash && sudo rm * ; sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo service apport start force_start=1

If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.

Now reproduce the crash, then open your file manager, navigate to your /var/crash directory and open the crash report you wish to submit.
If this fails you will have to open a terminal and file your report with 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash' where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to report. If you get an error that you aren't allowed to access this report you will have to file it with 'sudo ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash'. If you run the command against the crash report and it does nothing, you may be affected by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/994921 . In order to WORKAROUND this, one would need to open the following file via a command line:
gksudo gedit /etc/apport/crashdb.conf

and comment out the line:
'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package'],

by changing it to:
# 'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package'],

Save, close, and try to file the crash report again via:
ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently.

Thank you for your understanding.

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