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GParted Crashing......

  • 02-03-2011 12:59AM
    #1
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭


    I want to format an external hard drive to NTFS on Xubuntu 10.10.

    I installed gparted but when I run gparted it crashes out with the following:
    me@desktop:~$ sudo gparted
[sudo] password for me: 
======================
libparted : 2.3
======================

glibmm-ERROR **: 
unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler:
what: basic_string::_S_create

aborting...
me@desktop:~$

    I then tried my knoppix live cd but that looks for a password when I try to run gparted on that. :confused::confused:

    Is gparted broken on (X)Ubuntu 10.10 ? Google searches seem to suggest so.
    What else can I try?


Comments

  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,040 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I used gparted on Xubuntu 10.10 a couple of weeks back and it worked fine (formatting an external EX2 HD). I can check what version is installed tonight if you like.


  • #3
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    Thanks but it's ok. I just burned a live CD from Gparted - Sourceforge and it doesn't crash so problem solved. :)


  • #4
    PDD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭PDD


    LOL got there before I could suggest it. I would recommend Part Magic 5 as it has a whole load of other useful tools loaded with it too including GParted.

    http://partedmagic.com/doku.php


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