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Public bug reported:

Over time with use of Disk utility I realized that when I try to do
something a message given is unclear, when it should tell me about about
a missing package. I have gotten this in the pas trying to encrypt a
disk without cryptsetup installed and now with xfs. Do not show an
option if dependent software is not installed.

Error creating file system: Cannot run mkfs: cannot spawn 'mkfs.xfs -L
"New Volume" /dev/sdb1': Failed to execute child process "mkfs.xfs" (No
such file or directory)

I would expect the program to either:
-Not display features until those packages are installed
-Interact with gnome-app-install to propose easy installation of needed packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep  5 10:06:04 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817)
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (8 days ago)

** Affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  Disk Utility should not show unsupported features until proper
  dependancies are present

Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Over time with use of Disk utility I realized that when I try to do
  something a message given is unclear, when it should tell me about
  about a missing package. I have gotten this in the pas trying to
  encrypt a disk without cryptsetup installed and now with xfs. Do not
  show an option if dependent software is not installed.

  Error creating file system: Cannot run mkfs: cannot spawn 'mkfs.xfs -L
  "New Volume" /dev/sdb1': Failed to execute child process "mkfs.xfs"
  (No such file or directory)

  I would expect the program to either:
  -Not display features until those packages are installed
  -Interact with gnome-app-install to propose easy installation of needed packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Sep  5 10:06:04 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817)
  SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (8 days ago)

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