Startup Disk Creator doesn't start

[serdotlinecho]

This is the error message that pop-ups in dialog box.

An error occurred while talking to the udisks service.

apt-cache policy usb-creator-gtk udisks
usb-creator-gtk:
  Installed: 0.2.42
  Candidate: 0.2.42
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.42 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
udisks:
  Installed: 1.0.4-7
  Candidate: 1.0.4-7
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.4-7 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Update: already reported https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1090212

[ventrical]

Yup .. same here.

<I clicked "affects me too"> +1

[konas]

+1

Worked well around three weeks ago....

[ronacc]

hasn't worked for me since just after the start of quantal .

[mc4man]

The message just reflects a crash in usb-creator-helper, been happening for quite some time. (& likely well known as reports would go to whoopsie/whatever or filed directly on crash here weeks ago
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1078810

Usually here sdc never works well or at all during dev, generally does near or at release

[mc4man]

With usb-creator 0.2.41 & 0.2.42 dead on landing & still so, - one can use 0.2.40ubuntu1 (python2.7) in 13.04
To do so -
get both .debs from here, under "Builds" pick arch.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source.../0.2.40ubuntu1
Put them in a folder, cd to that folder & sudo dpkg -i *.deb to downgrade.

Then before using -

sudo gedit /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/usbcreator/misc.py

replace lines 39 & 40 - screen 1

from IN import INT_MAX
MAX_DBUS_TIMEOUT = INT_MAX / 1000.0

with - screen 2 (keep indent as shown

MAX_DBUS_TIMEOUT = 2147483

[ventrical]

Iv'e used maveric (10.10) to do all my start-up-disks and I also zsync from that install.Never fails.

[pressureman]

... or you could just install grub to a suitably large (2GB+) USB stick, copy the ISO file directly to the stick, and set up the necessary grub menu entries.

I've done this on an old USB stick, and I have semi-latest raring ISO on it, plus 12.10 ISO as a fall back.

If the stick has enough spare space on it, you could even use zsync to update the ISO file directly on the stick, and save yourself another unnecessary step. Keep the .zs-old file as a rollback plan if the new image doesn't work for any reason.

Treat yourself to a decent-sized USB stick, and copy a whole bunch of Linux ISOs to it... much more convenient.

[MacUntu]

dd if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M

[konas]

Today's update fixed it for me.