Created attachment 177436 [details] error screenshot *** If you're not sure this is actually a bug, instead post about it at https://discuss.kde.org If you're reporting a crash, attach a backtrace with debug symbols; see https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports Please remove this comment after reading and before submitting - thanks! *** SUMMARY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Insert a USB pendrive which seems to contain a live Manjaro installation/installer 2. open it in Partition Manager 3. Create a new partition table 3. Create a NTFS partition occupying all the space 4. Apply OBSERVED RESULT It gives an error. Under "details" it says this, which basically only says "error": ``` Create a new partition table (type: gpt) on ‘/dev/sdb’ Job: Create new partition table on device ‘/dev/sdb’ Command: sfdisk --wipe=always /dev/sdb Create new partition table on device ‘/dev/sdb’: Error Create a new partition table (type: gpt) on ‘/dev/sdb’: Error ``` I have no idea if there's anything actually wrong with the pendrive justifying the error, but the fact that the only information under "Details" is literally "Error" is insulting. EXPECTED RESULT should explain in detail what's wrong; and it's pretty likely that there's no good reason for this to work in the first place. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0 Qt Version: 6.8.1 Kernel Version: 6.6.65-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1255U Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product Name: Vivobook_ASUSLaptop X1502ZA_F1502ZA System Version: 1.0
Created attachment 177438 [details] error when opening in Partition Manager There's also this error that shows up every time I open the pendrive in Partition Manager, and also after the failed attempt to reformat it. At least here it says "unrecognized partition 'sdb1'" which is slightly better than "Error", but still way too vague. What do you mean "unrecognized partition 'sdb1'"? If you can't recognize it, where did you get the name from? If I had asked you to do something on a partition "xxx", and there was no such partition, then the message "unrecognized partition "xxx" would make sense. But I haven't brought up partition sdb1, you have. Does it mean that there is a partition called sdb1 of a type you can't recognize? If so, it should say something like "Partition sdb1 is of an unknown type" or "Unable to determine the type of partition sdb1" or whatever. If the partition table lists a partition with that name but it cannot be found at the place where it's expected to be, then it should say something like "..." well, what I've just said.
BTW when I mount this pendrive (through the Disks and Devices tray-area widget), I can see the folders and files, but I cannot delete or write into them (which is why I'm trying to reformat it in the first place). It seems to get mounted readonly, I don't know why. I don't know if that's because of the same issue that Partition Manager encounters.
What happens if you run sudo sfdisk --wipe=always /dev/sdb from the command line? Also does dmesg indicate anything about drive being read only?