Hey,
I started usb-creator on my up-to-date intrepid-PC and tried to select ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso
It opens a window that says "This is not a desktop install CD and thus cannot be used by this application".
I think this is the real problem:
[21:59:49] ('', 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type\n')
Here is the whole output:
~$ usb-creator
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:273: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "panel_bg.png"
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:273:
-- Starting up at 21:59:32 --
[21:59:32] new device:
{'capacity': dbus.UInt64(1019902464L), 'uuid': '48FE-4786', 'label': '', 'free': 1019625472L, 'fstype': 'vfat', 'device': '/dev/sdc1', 'mountpoint': '/media/disk', 'udi': '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_48FE_4786'}
[21:59:32] adding: /dev/sdc1
Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "panel_bg.png"
[21:59:49] mounting /home/martin/Desktop/ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso
[21:59:49] unable to mount /home/martin/Desktop/ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso to /tmp/tmpIT2-bE
[21:59:49] ('', 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type\n')
[21:59:49] Unable to find /tmp/tmpIT2-bE/.disk/info, not using /home/martin/Desktop/ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso
[21:59:49] [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/tmpIT2-bE/.disk/info'
This bug was fixed in the package usb-creator - 0.1.11
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usb-creator (0.1.11) jaunty; urgency=low
[ Evan Dandrea ]
* Strip null bytes from the CD label when parsing it from an ISO file
(LP: #287318).
* Internally represent the persistent file size in bytes for greater
accuracy.
* Move self.pipe declaration to the correct location (LP: #291645).
* Add a bootloader installation progress message.
* Install the bootloader to the MBR as well (LP: #273477).
* Specify the filesystem type when mounting iso9660 images.
* Warn the user when usb-creator cannot mount an image (LP: #287753).
* i18n support (LP: #285413, #292556).
* Added Swedish tranlsation (LP: #285811). Thanks Daniel Nylander.
* Add -t option to write a trace file.
* Don't include all .py files in the tree for translation.
* Don't update the pot file on every build.
* Write more information to the log (subprocesses, stderr, etc).
[ Martin Owens ]
* Fix small issue where enlarging the main window would have a different
expanding effect on the top listview from the bottom listview.
* Add gnomevfs support to use gnome device labels and icons. This should
make things more user friendly.
[ Mario Limonciello ]
* Add support for providing command line ISO images.
* Add support for defaulting the persistence setting in the UI via
command line.
* Default the GUI to start up centered on the screen.
-- Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:28:08 +0000