On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 11:51:36AM +0200, Francesco Potorti` wrote: > >> >> Package: smartmontools > >> >> Version: 5.38-3 > >> >> Severity: normal > >> >> > >> >> After the last testing upgrade, smartmontools refuses to start: > >> >Please have a look at syslog or run smartd from the commandline to find > >> >out what causes the problem. > >> > >> Sorry for the delay. It turned out it was an error in the previous > >> config file (an 'exec' command which is no longer recognised). After > >> purging the package and reinstalling it, I see no more errors. > >> > >> Maybe this indicates an incompatibility with old versions? If this is > >> the case, then the installation procedure should detect it and take > >> appropriate actions. > >Could you attache the old an new config for this? > > The only differenc is that I had changed the default DEVICESCAN line from: Thanks a lot for reporting back!
> DEVICESCAN -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner > > to > > DEVICESCAN -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././00|L/../../6/07) -m root -M test exec > /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner This should be: DEVICESCAN -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././00|L/../../6/07) -m root -M test -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner If your line worked before than by accident. The old version should have rejected it as malformed. O.k. to close the bug? Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
