I have the same problem with the last version available in the repositories.
$ apt-cache policy gparted gparted: Instalados: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 Candidato: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 Tabla de versiĆ³n: *** 0.6.2-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ gksu gparted ====================== libparted : 2.3 ====================== glibmm-ERROR **: unhandled exception (type std::exception) in signal handler: what: basic_string::_S_create aborting... -- gparted crash at start: glibmm-ERROR ** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617885 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs