The smartmontools (5.38-3ubuntu4) package is not available in Lucid, and the startup script there still has this problem.
% cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS" % sudo apt-get update ... % echo $? 0 % apt-cache policy smartmontools smartmontools: Installed: 5.38-3ubuntu3 Candidate: 5.38-3ubuntu3 Version table: *** 5.38-3ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status % grep SMARTD /etc/init.d/smartmontools status_of_proc -p $SMARTDPID $SMARTD smartd && exit 0 || exit $? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491324 Title: smartmontools init scripts fails on 'status' action To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/491324/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs