During every boot sequence, SMART commands are sent to this SSD, causing a minute long hang, until a kernel error message appears, telling me that some SMART command failed. Since SSDs are not the target audience for SMART checks anyway, I wanted to disable smart checks through gnome-disk tool.
When I tried to disable SMART for this disk, I got the following error message:
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Error sending ATA command SMART, sub-command DISABLE OPERATIONS: ATA command failed: error=0x04 count=0x00 status=0x51 (g-io-error-quark,0)
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After closing the error dialog, SMART switch in the window is turned back on :( All I wanted was disable SMART checks during boot time for this disk ....
The kernel message (taken from dmesg output) regarding SMART and the SSD at boot time is as follows:
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[ 101.743095] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
[ 101.743144] ata4.00: failed command: SMART
[ 101.743189] ata4.00: cmd b0/d5:01:06:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0 pio 512 in
res 51/10:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x81 (invalid argument)
[ 101.743246] ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[ 101.743288] ata4.00: error: { IDNF }
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.14.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-28.30-generic 3.19.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Sep 25 14:53:50 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-25 (1094 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-09-16 (9 days ago)
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ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: rlp 1757 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: rlp 1757 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ec3a196c-cdad-4b0e-8912-8bbe4b08f644
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-25 (1111 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
IwConfig:
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic root=UUID=483952bb-8b76-4bd9-b2bc-872b337c5143 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-30-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-30-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.143.3
RfKill:
Tags: vivid
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-09-16 (26 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare scanner sudo syslog wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 09/14/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: SOX5810J.86A.2127.2008.0914.1638
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DX58SO
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAE29331-501
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrSOX5810J.86A.2127.2008.0914.1638:bd09/14/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDX58SO:rvrAAE29331-501:cvn:ct2:cvr:
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