[Bug 415706] New: smartd: useless error message
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415706 Summary: smartd: useless error message Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: wharms@bfs.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- what i am suppossed to do with this error ? it would be helpful to remove this or explain what "Problem" means. Aug 8 11:34:32 xxx smartd[2909]: Problem creating device name scan list -- 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=415706 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |sbrabec@novell.com -- 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=415706 User sbrabec@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415706#c1 Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |wharms@bfs.de Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low --- Comment #1 from Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> 2008-09-17 07:41:16 MDT --- If the configuration does not explicitly define devices to monitor, smartd scans for all avaliable devices and searches for S.M.A.R.T. capable devices. This error means, that attempt to create a list of device names that should be scanned to find S.M.A.R.T. capable devices failed for some reason and smartd is not able to monitor these devices. Could you provide more info on your devices and smartd.conf changes? What should be a better text to describe this problem in short? -- 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=415706 User wharms@bfs.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415706#c2 --- Comment #2 from a b <wharms@bfs.de> 2008-09-17 08:05:50 MDT --- # ident /etc/smartd.conf /etc/smartd.conf: $Id: smartd.conf,v 1.45 2006/11/12 23:39:04 dpgilbert Exp $ # grep -v ^# /etc/smartd.conf DEVICESCAN -d removable -m root@localhost -M exec /usr/lib/smartmontools/smart-notify this should be default with OS11.0 -- 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=415706 User wharms@bfs.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415706#c3 a b <wharms@bfs.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|wharms@bfs.de | --- Comment #3 from a b <wharms@bfs.de> 2008-09-17 08:14:11 MDT ---
better text to describe this problem in short ?
Solution: 1. say nothing 2. say "no devices to monitor" - if someone is expecting a device "Problem creating device name scan list" is correct description but totaly useless since it is not clear *what* went wrong and *what* to do next. "Problem"-> error -> need to solve IMHO if there its simply no device found you can even say "no device found" and exit(0) if nothing usefull can be done, use a switch to continue even when no device is found. -- 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.
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