Public bug reported: Since upgrading from trusty to vivid, it appears that smartd has started sending 'SMART error (FailedOpenDevice) detected' alert emails each time a USB external hard drive is attached and then removed (subject to it being attached long enough to be caught by smartd's polling period).
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: smartmontools 6.3+svn4002-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon May 4 22:00:28 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-29 (340 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: smartmontools UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-29 (36 days ago) ** Affects: smartmontools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451572 Title: 'SMART error (FailedOpenDevice) detected' emails now being sent to root after removing a USB portable hard drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/1451572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs