I see the same thing trying to test an external USB 500 GB disk. It has
one partition that occupies the whole disk. The partition is not
mounted. About one second after starting the self-test the progress bar
jumps up one increment, about 10% of the way, and never progresses
further. On one occassion I waited about 90 hours (almost 4 days) with
no movement of the progress bar and no completion. The access light on
the HDD kept flashing every few seconds.
A few other shortcomings related to self-test: a) three testing options
are presented when self-test is started but no information is provided
to explain what they are. Especially puzzling is the option "Conveyance
- usually takes less than 10 minutes". b) The progress bar is not
clearly associated with the Self-test button and isn't adequately
labeled. The first time I ran Self-test (when it continued over 3 days)
I didn't notice the progress bar move at the start and I thought it was
reported something other than progress of the test (e.g., the number of
times self-test had been run). I suggest grouping the progress bar with
the self-test button, and possibly labelling it something like "Self-
test progress".
** Changed in: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- palimpsest extended self-test doesn't complete after 12 hours
+ palimpsest self-test doesn't complete
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palimpsest self-test doesn't complete
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557078
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