It was working fine for me a couple of months ago. Not it crashes with a segmentation fault.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- george@george-Ryzen:~$ gsmartcontrol <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_full(): No ATA sections could be parsed. Returning. <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_full(): No ATA sections could be parsed. Returning. <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_full(): No ATA sections could be parsed. Returning. <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_full(): No ATA sections could be parsed. Returning. <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. Segmentation fault (core dumped) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also using sudo: george@george-Ryzen:~$ sudo gsmartcontrol <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. Segmentation fault ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- smartctl is working OK: george@george-Ryzen:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-5.3.0-28-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB Serial Number: S3Z2NB0K172360E LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 e400c377f Firmware Version: RVT01B6Q User Capacity: 500.107.862.016 bytes [500 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Rotation Rate: Solid State Device Form Factor: 2.5 inches Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: Unknown(0x09fc), ACS-4 T13/BSR INCITS 529 revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Fri Feb 7 23:06:50 2020 EET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x53) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 85) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 2939 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 1194 177 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0013 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 6 179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0013 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032 077 051 000 Old_age Always - 23 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 235 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 5 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 6046203738 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1789454 Title: gsmartcontrol immediately crashes while running smartctl To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsmartcontrol/+bug/1789454/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs