devkit-disks-daemon assert failure: devkit-disks-daemon: atasmart.c:2725: sk_disk_set_blob: Assertion `blob' failed.

[Giana]

Binary package hint: devicekit-disks

This crash happens at login. I'm not sure but it might be related to the enabling of the visual effects (which indeed cannot be enabled).
UBUNTU 9.10

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: devkit-disks-daemon: atasmart.c:2725: sk_disk_set_blob: Assertion `blob' failed.
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 55-hpmud.rules.dpkg-old 40-permissions.rules~ 45-libmtp7.rules 40-permissions.rules.dpkg-bak
Date: Wed Nov 4 16:44:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/devicekit-disks/devkit-disks-daemon
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0d49:7310 Maxtor
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu3
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=75cf4705-c58a-4b38-8e10-72c5f116010e ro quiet splash noapic
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/devicekit-disks/devkit-disks-daemon
ProcEnviron:

ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: devicekit-disks
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 *__GI_raise (sig=6)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 *__GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x116b7d "blob",
 sk_disk_set_blob () from /lib/libatasmart.so.4
Title: devkit-disks-daemon assert failure: devkit-disks-daemon: atasmart.c:2725: sk_disk_set_blob: Assertion `blob' failed.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS M2N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1401
dmi.board.name: M2N-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSM2N-EACPIBIOSRevision1401:bd04/01/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N-E:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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