This seems to be fixed in Jaunty. Output from a default smartd installation in /var/log/daemon.log:
Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: smartd version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Drive: DEVICESCAN, implied '-a' Directive on line 22 of file /etc/smartd.conf Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf was parsed, found DEVICESCAN, scanning devices Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Problem creating device name scan list Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sda, opened Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device /dev/sda: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer. Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sda, opened Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in smartd database. Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device /dev/sdb: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer. Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sdb, not found in smartd database. Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Device: /dev/sdb, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list. Jun 24 14:06:47 hades smartd[3042]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 2 SCSI devices Jun 24 14:06:48 hades smartd[3077]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=3077. Jun 24 14:06:48 hades smartd[3077]: file /var/run/smartd.pid written containing PID 3077 -- smartd doesn't "just work" on SATA disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270674 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
