KDE Partition Manager: Missing error info in details

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KDE Partition Manager

KDE PM cannot format my Samsung EVO 870 SSD, there is just an Error reported but no more info both in KDE PM and dmesg:

KDE Partition Manager: SMART Status Report
Date:	5/6/25 8:22 AM
Program version:	25.04.0
Backend:	pmsfdiskbackendplugin (1)
KDE Frameworks version:	6.13.0
Machine:	Linux z840 6.14.4-300.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Apr 25 15:43:38 UTC 2025 x86_64

Create a new partition (1.82 TiB, btrfs) on ‘/dev/sdc’
Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sdc’
Command: sfdisk --force --append /dev/sdc
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sdc’.

Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sdc’.

Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sdc’: Error
Create a new partition (1.82 TiB, btrfs) on ‘/dev/sdc’: Error

and dmesg:

[  142.292508]  sdc:
[  142.822504]  sdc:
[  190.558592]  sdc:

I’ve two EVO 870 SSDs, and this is the new one, just bought yesterday. I check SMART info both of them by CrystalDiskInfo v9.6. They’re all good, no warning or error reported. But same error occurred on the old one.

So, I tried Disks for Gnome, and formatted both of them successfully, without warning or error reported.

If there is any error blocked KDE PM, it should report error in details but just one word Error.

Other info maybe helpful to debug:

  1. PC: HP Z840
  2. OS: F42 KDE, all packages updated.
  3. SSD: Samsum 870 EVO 2T, SATA, connected to LSI 2308 SATA port, no volume created for these 870 two disks.
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Seems that other people have the same or similar problem you’re getting with Samsung EVO SSD’s and KDE Partition manager https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php%3Ff=225&t=169141.html?

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@cirrus Thanks for your info. It seems about SSD recognization but mine is creating partitions. I’ve created a bug to KPM for the single word error message: 503842 – Missing error info in details

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