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[Pedro Villavicencio <pedro@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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** Changed in: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735396

Title:
  Error starting job: Failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory)

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility

  I tried to delete the partition of an old usb stick (64Mb!), because I wanted to try out the "Benchmark" test of Disk Utility.
  (The usb pen drive is some sort of thing to get wireless internet on a laptop, so perhaps it is some hardware problem)
  However, when I try to delete the partition I get a screen saying:
  "
  Error deleting partion
  An error occurred while performing an operation on "USB064Mb" (Partition 1 of USB2.0 FlashDisk): The operation failed
  Details
  Error starting job: Failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory)
  "
  The entire systems gets a bit laggy..

  *Then after a while (when I am filling in this bug report!) I try to delete the partition again, and this time: no error message and the partition seems to be deleted.... Weird..
  **Now, I tried to run the Read/Write benchmark. However, I again get an error, this time:
  "
  Error benchmarking drive
  An error occurred while performing on operation on "USB2.0 FlashDisk" (USB2.0 FlashDisk): The operation failed
  Details
  A partition table was detected - write benchmarking requires the disk to be completely empty
  "

  ***Again, while I am typing this: I try the Read-Only Benchmark --> and this works fine..
       Can it be that something on the drive is blocking attempts to write data to it?

  I don't understand the fork error and the read/write issue...

  Please advice if you need more info: I am fairly new to reporting bugs
  (this way).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.30.1-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Mar 15 11:42:17 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility

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