I have also seen this issue within Ubuntu 12.10. Will a backport fix also be available?
udisksd[1895]: Error performing housekeeping for drive /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/WDC_WD400EB_00CPF0_WD_WCAATA803870: Error updating SMART data: sk_disk_smart_status: Input/output error (udisks-error-quark, 0) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1143495 Title: udisks reporting input/output error that seems to be nonsense To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libatasmart/+bug/1143495/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs