Current version of gnome-disk-utility in 14.04 is 3.10.0-1ubuntu3. Searching through my history, i found that this package was never updated, surely not since 2015-09-19 so the bug is still valid (I am not home so I cannot try). Switching to 'confirm'.
** Changed in: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092900 Title: Gnome disk (gnome-disks) utility does not show USB drive has SMART enabled. Option is grayed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1092900/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs