https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c1 --- Comment #1 from Franz Häuslschmid 2012-01-03 11:23:21 UTC --- I could imagine that the problem of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24579 is related to this issue, may be a regression. I tried to start the data collector manually with the disk in standby mode: localhost:~ # /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-helper-ata-smart-collect /dev/sdb 1; sleep 5 ; /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-helper-ata-smart-collect /dev/sdb 1 Disk /dev/sdb is asleep and nowakeup option was passed SURGWQAAAgB6Qv8/N8gQAAAAAAA/AAAAAAAAACAgICBXIC1EQ1dQQTBXOTA2MTQwAAAA[ ... ] The output of the second call to udisks-helper-ata-smart-collect is shortended for readability. The point is, that the tool correctly reports that the disk is asleep and it shouldn't wake it up, but nevertheless wakes it up and reports its data in the second run. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c2 Jean Delvare changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jdelvare@suse.com OS/Version|SUSE Other |openSUSE 12.1 Severity|Normal |Major --- Comment #2 from Jean Delvare 2012-05-23 07:56:49 UTC --- I see exactly the same here. This is very annoying. Spinning up a HDD 48 times per day will make it age faster, not to mention the extra power consumption and noise. This needs to be fixed quickly. udisks should never poll sleeping disks. BTW, I have been trying to run a long SMART self-test on my external drive several times yesterday, and it never completed. smartctl says: Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Aborted by host 70% 637 - # 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 80% 615 - # 3 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 614 - # 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 613 - # 5 Extended offline Aborted by host 70% 608 - So it was supposedly "aborted by host" but certainly not by me. Now I suspect that the repeated polling by udisks is what caused the test to be aborted. The test is supposed to take 107 minutes to complete, and the furthest the test went is ~30% which corresponds to ~32 minutes. This is suspiciously close to the 30 minutes polling period of udisks. So this would be another annoyance from udisks. I presume I can't uninstall or stop udisks altogether, but is there a way to disable the SMART helpers, at least until the issues above are resolved? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c4 Roman Evstifeev changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |someuniquename@gmail.com --- Comment #4 from Roman Evstifeev 2012-07-30 21:49:48 UTC --- I am experiencing same messages flooding, but with hdd dbus-daemon[892]: **** Refreshing ATA SMART data for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sda dbus-daemon[892]: helper(pid 26520): launched job udisks-helper-ata-smart-collect on /dev/sda dbus-daemon[892]: helper(pid 26520): completed with exit code 0 dbus-daemon[892]: **** EMITTING CHANGED for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sda My system is openSUSE 12.1 HDD itself can successfully finish short smart self-test, so the hardware problem is unlikely related -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c6 --- Comment #6 from Roman Evstifeev 2012-07-30 21:55:14 UTC --- Forget my last comment for now. I am still testing if it is related -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c8 --- Comment #8 from Jean Delvare 2012-09-04 14:50:14 UTC --- See the workaround in comment #3 for the time being. But it would be great if the user did not have to care. I don't know what is the status in 12.2, did anyone test? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c10 --- Comment #10 from tosiara tosiara 2012-11-16 19:11:20 UTC --- I noticed that after some updates I installed on November 4 there are no more flooding messages in the log (both 12.1 and 12.2). Can anybody confirm that the issue is resolved in some of the patches? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c12 --- Comment #12 from tosiara tosiara 2012-11-17 10:03:29 UTC --- All my machines are configured to receive only official updates. No any manual changes or patches Currently I have following: 1. workstation 12.1 (kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop, last patched Nov 4) - issue disappeared on Nov 4 2. workstation 12.1 (kernel 3.1.10-1.16-desktop, last patched Nov 17) - has issue. 3. laptop 12.2 (kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop, last patched Nov 17) - has issue. So now I'm completely confused -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c14 --- Comment #14 from Franz Häuslschmid 2013-02-24 10:39:45 UTC --- In the meantime, I solved that problem for me by purchasing a solid state disk and using the former system drive as backup medium. Now I have no more need for permanently using an external usb drive ... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733122#c16 --- Comment #16 from tosiara tosiara 2013-04-14 08:26:28 UTC --- While there is still no official fix for this issue I decided to save my disk and disabled smart polling completely by replacing following scripts: /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-helper-ata-smart-collect /lib/udev/udisks-probe-ata-smart Replaced by this empty script: ########### #!/bin/bash exit 0 ########### The scripts are still triggered every 30 minutes, but this does not wake up disks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.