Looks like HAL is missing since 13.04 Install HAL: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/ppa-hal
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install hal
The usb-imagewriter should work now
Looks like HAL is missing since 13.04 ppa-hal
Install HAL:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install hal
The usb-imagewriter should work now