Martin, if this helps, the last time this worked as it was intended was Karmic. So something in the Lucid cycle is what broke this function. And I don't know about the other folks who have posted bugs about this, but it has never affected an installed system for me, only the livecds.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580112 Title: does not collect SMART data on live system -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs