This occurred after I unplugged my backup hard disk. It is an internal SATA disk (the WDC WD400BEVS seen above) and no file systems from it were mounted when I unplugged it. I was able to get correct output from the applet by removing the applet from the panel and adding it again.
This issue seems to be very sporadic. I finally remembered to run the command when the applet reported 0C
dan@harvest: /var/lib/ dpkg$ netcat localhost 7634 22LAT0| ERR|*|| /dev/sdb| SAMSUNG HD321KJ|41|C|
|/dev/sda|WDC WD400BEVS-
This occurred after I unplugged my backup hard disk. It is an internal SATA disk (the WDC WD400BEVS seen above) and no file systems from it were mounted when I unplugged it. I was able to get correct output from the applet by removing the applet from the panel and adding it again.
Thank you.