I see something similar, but in my case it's an external USB drive that's causing the problem; if I unplug the external disk, gsmartcontrol launches normally. My output is slightly different from what's reported earlier, so I'm presenting it here:
$ sudo gsmartcontrol (gsmartcontrol:7931): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/rodsmith/.config/ibus/bus is not root! <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure. <warn> [app] execute_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary. <warn> [app] StorageDevice::execute_device_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary. <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Rotation Rate" <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Rotation Rate" <warn> [hz] Warning: exit: Command line did not parse. <warn> [app] execute_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary. <warn> [app] StorageDevice::execute_device_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary. <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Vendor" <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Product" <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Logical block size" <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Logical Unit id" <warn> [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Device type" terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range' what(): basic_string::substr $ echo $? 134 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387822 Title: gsmartcontrol crashes on startup or manual scan To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsmartcontrol/+bug/1387822/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
