Comment 0 for bug 1540110

gnome-disk-utility (show as "Disks" on the desktop environment running Unity) systematically does not acknowledge that disks have SMART capabilities when connected through a USB port; SMART capabilities are grayed. However, 'sudo smartctl -a /dev/<disk>' works fine confirming that there is no problem reading SMART data through a USB link. gnome-disk-utility acknowledge SMART capabilities if the same disk is connected through a SATA port.

Confirmed for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Thar on 2016-01-26, gnome-disk-utility 3.10.0, udisks 2.1.3 (built against 2.1.3) by Hans Deragon.

This bug is the same as bug #1092900 which was reported against Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx. Following user dino99 suggestion, I opened this new bug report to follow the same problem on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Thar.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.10.0-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-76.120-generic 3.13.11-ckt30
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-76-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jan 31 11:30:03 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-01 (456 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)