Based on your screen shots from lubuntu12.10, it appears that the root of the problem is that the scan does not complete when the BIOS is set to indicate a floppy is present when no physical floppy device is attached.
To confirm that I have understood the output correctly, does GParted finish scanning devices when the floppy is disabled in the BIOS? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029149 Title: gparted automatically starts scanning all devices slowly and never completing the task To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1029149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
