#19464: smartmontools: uses StartupItems which is deprecated ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: cilly@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Keywords: | Port: smartmontools ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Description changed by snc@…: Old description:

smart should be started this way: {{{ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>[[BR]] <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">[[BR]] <plist version="1.0">[[BR]] <dict> <key>Label</key>[[BR]] <string>net.sourceforge.smartmontools</string>[[BR]] <key>OnDemand</key>[[BR]] <false/>[[BR]] <key>Program</key>[[BR]] <string>@PREFIX@/sbin/smartd</string>[[BR]] <key>ProgramArguments</key>[[BR]] <array>[[BR]] <string>@PREFIX@/sbin/smartd</string>[[BR]] <string>-n</string>[[BR]] </array>[[BR]] </dict>[[BR]] </plist>[[BR]] }}}

New description: smart should be started this way: {{{ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>net.sourceforge.smartmontools</string> <key>OnDemand</key> <false/> <key>Program</key> <string>@PREFIX@/sbin/smartd</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>@PREFIX@/sbin/smartd</string> <string>-n</string> </array> </dict> </plist> }}} -- -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19464#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#19464: smartmontools: uses StartupItems which is deprecated ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: cilly@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Keywords: | Port: smartmontools ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by fluffyarmada@…): I'd also like to mention, that besides the issue of using a deprecated method to start the daemon, I'm also having issues caused by the daemon once it actually starts. Not sure if I should open a separate bug or not. But it looks like smartd is trying to run *often* and failing... here's the output from smartctl -a /dev/disk0 and the output from Console.app... {{{ fluffbook:~ root# smartctl -a /dev/disk0 smartctl version 5.38 [i386-apple-darwin9.7.0] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST9500325AS Serial Number: 5VE0PAXB Firmware Version: 0001SDM1 User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Sat Jul 25 22:12:04 2009 CDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 139) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 117 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 138182619 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 257 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 11919135 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 741 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 037 020 Old_age Always - 372 184 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always - 78 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 063 057 045 Old_age Always - 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 33/38) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 18 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 074 074 000 Old_age Always - 53902 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 043 000 Old_age Always - 37 (0 19 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 048 036 000 Old_age Always - 138182619 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 254 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 738 - # 2 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 713 - # 3 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 712 - # 4 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 705 - # 5 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 705 - # 6 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 693 - # 7 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 693 - # 8 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 693 - # 9 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 660 - #10 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 629 - #11 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 627 - #12 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 624 - #13 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 624 - #14 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 621 - #15 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 618 - #16 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 613 - #17 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 612 - #18 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 612 - #19 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 611 - #20 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 605 - #21 Short offline Aborted by host 90% 604 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. }}} The above output makes me think smartd might be trying to do something... but failing. :( [ the latest test was one I ran manually to make sure smart was working properly ] Also, I've been having issues with iTunes, Safari, and friends all freezing up for about 30 seconds or so... and whenever that happens I *always* get the following output in Console.app {{{ 7/25/09 7:24:28 PM smartd[229] Device: IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@B/AppleMCP79AHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice, failed to read SMART Attribute Data }}} These problems completely stopped once I moved the SMART folder out of my /Library/StartupItems/. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19464#comment:6> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#19464: smartmontools: uses StartupItems which is deprecated ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: cilly@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: smartmontools | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by toby@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed Comment: Fixed the startupitem, can't reproduce the hanging issue (been running smartd for almost a day now). You should report this issue upstream, I suspect some sort of issue with your specific hardware config. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19464#comment:8> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#19464: smartmontools: uses StartupItems which is deprecated ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: cilly@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: smartmontools | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by snaury@…): I'm not sure what it was supposed to fix. I've just upgraded smartmontools, started smartd (it was previously disabled because of frequent freezes), and after some time (something around 30 minutes, just when smartd was expected to check SMART) my laptop (2008 13" aluminium macbook) froze. The log contains this line: {{{ 31/07/2009 22:29:07 smartd[87288] Device: IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@B/AppleMCP79AHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice, failed to read SMART Attribute Data }}} And sure enough, smartctl -a /dev/disk0 showed that SMART is disabled on my drive (even though 20 minutes earlier it was enabled). Could it be that the problem is not in the way smartd is started, but something that smartd tries to do to the drive? It seems strange to me that SMART disables itself on its own... Also, I specifically checked with kill -usr1 and hangs didn't happen. Why do they happen only when smartd is kicking in on 30 minutes timer? -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19464#comment:10> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS