usb-creator-gtk fails while erasing device

[Jeff Lane ]

trying to make a bootable 14.04.1 Desktop usb stick using usb-creator-gtk. Instead, while trying to erase the disk I get this error:

org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.gi._glib.GError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/share/usb-creator/usb-creator-helper", line 239, in Format
    block.call_format_sync('dos', GLib.Variant('a{sv}', {}), None)
gi._glib.GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object

I am unable to proceed past this. Instead I have to close usb-creator-gtk and restart it.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

I am unable after restarting to actually use the device... usb-creator-gtk tells me that there is not enough space on the 4GB usb stick for a 1GB ISO image... even though opening the disk actually shows it to be empty.