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eDeviser
Asked: 2018-03-29 03:09:53 +0800 CST

How to fix Startup Disk Creator which ends in an unhandled exception?

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I am starting the ubuntu start up disk creator (usb-creator-gtk) on Ubuntu 17.10 (4.13.0-37-generic) and getting this dialog:

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I already reinstalled it by:

sudo apt remove usb-creator-gtk
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install usb-creator-gtk

And I checked its installation path:

whereis  usb-creator-gtk
usb-creator-gtk: /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk /usr/share/man/man8/usb-creator-gtk.8.gz

And I tried to start it directly with:

/usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk

And i did a hexdump which showes there is no 0xd9 at position two. There is an 0x21:

hd -n 32 /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
00000000  23 21 2f 75 73 72 2f 62  69 6e 2f 70 79 74 68 6f  |#!/usr/bin/pytho|
00000010  6e 33 0a 0a 23 20 43 6f  70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20  |n3..# Copyright |

But still the same issue.

How to fix Startup Disk Creator which ends in an exception?

python python3 17.10 startup-disk-creator

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Create a bug report

    This looks like a bug that affects Ubuntu 17.10 in your computer. I suggest that you create a bug report at Launchpad.

    Edit: I tested in my 'testing Ubuntu 17.10 amd64 installed system', and it works to install (clone) Lubuntu 17.10.1 amd64 with the Startup Disk Creator. So I cannot report the bug. Of course, we have different hardware, but another difference could be the installation. My system was a fresh installation from the 17.10 iso file, and kept up to date. Was your system upgraded from a previous version of Ubuntu?

    Use another tool

    Until it is fixed, I suggest that you use another tool to create a USB boot drive,

    • Disks alias gnome-disks (which comes with Ubuntu)

    • mkusb which is installed via a PPA

      sudo add-apt-repository universe  # only for *live* standard Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa  # and press Enter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mkusb mkusb-nox usb-pack-efi
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