Just tried this out with latest Ubuntu Feisty kernel 2.6.20-16-generic and got the error messages from 'smartctl'. As others have reported, I had used 'smartctl' successfully under Edgy (I used it in a script to report drive info in Conky). I just got around to setting this up in Feisty after a period of laziness, so I am just discovering the issue.
Since the error message suggests using '-T permissive', I tried the '-T permissove' option, and it forces 'smartctl' to overlook the "status" error and report all other drive info successfully. According to 'smartctl' man pages, multiple "-T permissive" commands may be required to overcome multiple errors. Since it only required one '-T permissive' command, I must conclude that the "status" error is the only one encountered. This seems to be the case as I could only find one mention of an error in the 'smartctl' output amongst all the other information. The error text is as follows: Error SMART Status command failed Please get assistance from http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Register values returned from SMART Status command are: CMD=0x50 FR =0x00 NS =0x00 SC =0x00 CL =0x00 CH =0x00 SEL=0x00 Also, a 'diff' (meld) comparison of output from the 'smartctl' command using '-T permissive' in one instance and '-T verypermissive' in another ('-T verypermissive' tells 'smartctl' to ignore any number of errors) yielded a difference of only the outputs' timestamps. Bottom line: until the underlying issue is resolved (consensus thus far says it is the kernel) you can modify your commands by adding 'the '-T permissive' (which should suffice) or the '-T verypermissve' option. For example: smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sda becomes smartctl -T permissive -a -d ata /dev/sda or smartctl -T verypermissive -a -d ata /dev/sda I tested this on three SATA drives with success: - Western Digital Raptor 37GB HDD (SATA 1.5 Gbit/s HDD on main MB 1.5 Gbit/s connection) - Samsung 160GB HDD (SATA 1.5 Gbit/s HDD on main MB 1.5 Gbit/s connection) - Seagate 320GB HDD (SATA 3.0 Gbit/s HDD on SI 3114 1.5 Gbit/s SATA/RAID controller built-in to MB) -- smartmontools/smartctl does not work on SATA drives on Linux Kernel 2.6.20-15.27 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106821 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
