devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect assert failure: devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect: atasmart.c:2711: sk_disk_get_blob: Assertion `(size_t) ((uint8_t*) p - (uint8_t*) d->blob) == size' failed.

[Raghuram O S]

Binary package hint: devicekit-disks

a crash report came up suddenly. Was not doing anything specific.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect: atasmart.c:2711: sk_disk_get_blob: Assertion `(size_t) ((uint8_t*) p - (uint8_t*) d->blob) == size' failed.
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 40-basic-permissions.rules.dpkg-bak 45-libnjb5.rules 60-thinkfinger.rules 45-libmtp7.rules
Date: Wed Nov 4 20:22:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/devicekit-disks/devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1530
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu3
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=6028a68f-d26b-4091-baab-5655eb2912eb ro quiet splash vga=792 i8042.nomux=1
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/devicekit-disks/devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect /dev/sdb 1
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: devicekit-disks
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 sk_disk_get_blob () from /lib/libatasmart.so.4
Title: devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect assert failure: devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect: atasmart.c:2711: sk_disk_get_blob: Assertion `(size_t) ((uint8_t*) p - (uint8_t*) d->blob) == size' failed.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 03/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0R386D
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd03/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0R386D:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1530
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #477742, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.