disks reports incorrect smart details

[Humphrey van Polanen Petel]

the menu-sentry "SMART Data & self-tests" reports attribute values that do not match the ssd specifications for a Kingston SA400S37

perhaps a hddtemp problem

see also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsmartcontrol/+bug/1873546

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-96.97~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-96-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Apr 23 13:06:47 2020
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-disks
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-30 (480 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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[Humphrey van Polanen Petel (hpvpp)]

All relevant information is in the description; specifically, this:

see also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsmartcontrol/+bug/1873546

and I copy my latest comment from there, because it seems quite relevant here.

The hardware maintenance phase of 16.04 finished end Q1 2018.
The release date of the Kingston SA400S37 ssd was Q1 2017.
Therefore, the upstream decision from Debian maintainer, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/1858121
is within the bounds of the hardware maintenance phase.
Accordingly, update-smart-drivedb should be reinstated, backported from 18.04.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

so is it a duplicate from the other report? is the issue the same about code 231? could you add a screenshot showing the issue?

[Humphrey van Polanen Petel (hpvpp)]

I wouldn't know whether it a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsmartcontrol/+bug/1873546, because it concerns two different utilities. Sure, they could both be using the same underlying resource which could be the one at fault, but I do not have sufficient knowledge about these matters, though on the basis of my reading on forums I suspect hddtemp as I mentioned in the description, but that is only my opinion.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue is also reported upstream https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-disk-utility/-/issues/136

it could be an issue in libatasmart which is basically unmaintained

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is already reported as bug #1581594 with some comments, explanation and patch