Ubuntu
gnome-disk-utility package

No SMART data for USB disks in gnome-disk-utility

Bug #1571268 reported by Viktor Pal
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gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

The gnome-disks application does not show SMART data for USB disks. The menu is grayed out.
The disk supports it otherwise as I'm able to read SMART data without problems with smartctl.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.16.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-35.40-generic 4.2.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 17 01:59:32 2016
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-22 (177 days ago)

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Viktor Pal (deere) wrote :
summary: - gnome-disk-utility SMART data for USB disks
+ No SMART data for USB disks in gnome-disk-utility
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Viktor Pal (deere) wrote :

Probably related to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1540110
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/743927
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1092900

Sure this is bothering people if so many reports are open for this.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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sojusnik (sojusnik) wrote :

Same here on Ubuntu 18.10 with gnome-disks 2.7.6

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