Hi, thanks for the answer and the insights of how the SMART subsystem works.
Both config files (/etc/default/smartmontools, /etc/smartd.conf) are untouched. The only thing that (actively) may do something SMART-related is tlp 0.8. I ran the service smartmontools restart command and we'll see if this fixes the error. If it does, I suggest adding a button to the error message that does this in a more convenient way. And no, I haven't restarted since the problem occurred, I guess it will fix it as well. But if I want a system that needs a reboot to fix basically half of the problems imaginable, I will choose Windows. According to whatpulse, my uptime record for this laptop is 91 days and my average uptime is 14 days, which includes multi-reboots on certain dates because of growing problems with the recent kernels (wrong display resolution, no WiFi, USB dead, etc). I expect minor problems such as SMART warnings to be fixable without reboot or relogin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1634990 Title: Hard Disk Health warning for removed HDD (Ultrabay) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/1634990/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
