I got a new USB stick I could not use. gnome-disks app shows that it's not formatted, but does not allow me to format it even when running it with superuser.
What could be the problem here, and how could I fix it? Are there other ways to format it?
P.S.
After searching more, I runned killall nautilus, and after getting comment to this question I runned
$ sudo dmesg | grep usb
[16529.465186] usb 1-7: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[16529.618724] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0a2b, bcdDevice= 0.10
[16529.618740] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[39243.153799] usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset
[39243.153800] usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset
[39243.401751] usb 2-3: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[39243.553002] usb 1-8: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[112326.656886] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[112326.805589] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=ffff, idProduct=1201, bcdDevice= 0.00
[112326.805606] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[112326.807682] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[112326.808138] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[112595.189378] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 5
[112607.286765] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[112607.435258] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=ffff, idProduct=1201, bcdDevice= 0.00
[112607.435272] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[112607.437263] usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[112607.437931] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-2:1.0
[112727.271087] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 6
[112740.669742] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[112740.821498] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=ffff, idProduct=1201, bcdDevice= 0.00
[112740.821505] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[112740.822592] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[112740.822757] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[113046.811633] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 7
[113063.007045] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
[113063.155281] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=ffff, idProduct=1201, bcdDevice= 0.00
[113063.155295] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[113063.157260] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[113063.157906] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
This output was long so I wanted to check if it was because I was trying different USB ports, so pulled out and inserted it in again, and got
[116444.162901] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 8
[116447.126321] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[116447.277233] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=ffff, idProduct=5678, bcdDevice= 2.00
[116447.277250] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[116447.277257] usb 1-1: Product: Disk 2.0
[116447.277263] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: USB
[116447.277269] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 4775771091744401963
[116447.280486] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[116447.281416] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
And it mounted as 2GB FAT16 drive, and Format Disk... is enabled.
Looks like the fix was to killall nautilus and reinsert the stick, but I'm not sure now.
