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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

I start it from a terminal window, and error messages for example
'segmentation fault' are written into that terminal window. And the
usb-creator window is closed (not frozen).

On 2013-10-17 13:28, JM wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here when it fails in Lubuntu Saucy there is a window displaying errors thrown by python
> components. Do you get a similar result or does it just freeze or so?
> 
> Regards,
> Mélodie
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:49:07 +0200
> Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> ... and a second short comment:
>>
>> Today I needed several attempts including logout/login to manage to use
>> usb-creator-gtk in Lubuntu Saucy i386 to create a persistent Lubuntu
>> Saucy amd64 pendrive :-(
>>
>> But finally I succeeded and the persistent drive works :-)
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> On 2013-10-15 08:34, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> Just a short comment:
>>>
>>> I tested the usb-creator-gtk in Saucy (yesterday's version) now. I had
>>> to use it twice (both times wiping with 'Erase disk') to succeed. The
>>> first time it crashed early, the second time it created a good boot
>>> drive (from the Lubuntu Saucy 32-bit desktop iso) and then crashed with
>>> segmentation fault.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>>> On 2013-10-15 06:21, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>>> See these links for making USB boot drives
>>>>
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073
>>>>
>>>> And about usb-creator-gtk in Saucy: it is buggy, but this way I succeed
>>>> to make *persistent live* drives with usb-creator-gtk in Lubuntu Saucy.
>>>>
>>>> Let it wipe whatever is on the USB pendrive and then create a partition
>>>> and file system: Click on 'Erase disk'!
>>>>
>>>> Alternatives are to install Kubuntu's version usb-creator-kde or
>>>> Unetbootin (as well as resorting to the version 12.04 LTS).
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Nio
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-10-14 22:47, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>>>> The USB installers have been pretty much broken all cycle. Last I heard
>>>>> was to use dd. Nothing will now get fixed before release. If people have
>>>>> a decent set of instructions using *any* usb installer to use 13.04 to
>>>>> install 13.10, please put them onto the wiki; or even in a text file
>>>>> with step by step explanation!
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Phill.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14 October 2013 21:38, JM <meets@xxxxxx <mailto:meets@xxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:04:05 +0200
>>>>>     Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>>     wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     > On 2013-10-14 01:21, JM wrote:
>>>>>     > > Hi,
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > The test consists in booting to Lubuntu Saucy final (installed
>>>>>     on hard drive), and
>>>>>     > > consists in installing to USB in order to install from there as
>>>>>     if it were an install
>>>>>     > > from cdrom.
>>>>>     (...)
>>>>>     > > It looks like after re-installing USB Creator GTK and starting
>>>>>     it from console I have
>>>>>     > > finished installing the latest ISO AND bootloader.This time I
>>>>>     have had the window with
>>>>>     > > the success message in it. However at reboot the bootloader is
>>>>>     not found.
>>>>>     > >
>>>>>     > > Therefore this time I'll do it from within an Ubuntu 12.04.
>>>>>     (...)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     > Hi Mélodie,
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > usb-creator-gtk is buggy, but this way I succeed to make persistent
>>>>>     > drives with it in Lubuntu Saucy:
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Let it wipe whatever is on the USB pendrive and then create a
>>>>>     partition
>>>>>     > and file system: Click on 'Erase disk'!
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Alternatives are kubuntu's version usb-creator-kde or unetbootin (as
>>>>>     > well as resorting to the version 12.04 LTS).
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Let us know how it works :-)
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Best regards
>>>>>     > Nio
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     Hi Nio,
>>>>>
>>>>>     It has worked fine in my Ubuntu Openbox 12.04.3 install. The USB
>>>>>     Creator GTK works ok,
>>>>>     (at least as long as I don't ask it to erase the drive, as far as I
>>>>>     remember, and I use
>>>>>     Gparted for this task).
>>>>>
>>>>>     Regards,
>>>>>     Mélodie