Not fixed at all based on bug description, does anyone pay attention anymore?? Only a volume that is unmounted will get the 'format' option in nautilus. As far as removable volumes like usb 'sticks' there is no option in nautilus to unmount so consequently no format option
The only way to get this is to disable automount which then also disables autoplay of optical media. (and once mounted no means within nautilus to unmount -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1227440 Title: Nautilus' Format option doesn't actually work Status in GNOME Disks: Invalid Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-disk-utility package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: As reported by GNOME, the new Format option when right-clicking on a USB stick doesn't actually format the device. This feature was added to nautilus with https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=a73c8c773 If we can't fix this before Saucy freezes, it would be better to not show the Format option in Nautilus. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.8.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Sep 18 21:56:49 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1227440/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
