ashaduri
Automatic "re-read data" when it fails to read smart info of USB external disks.
Version and Environment
- GSmartControl version: [Are you using the latest released version or git?] 1.1.4
- OS: [e.g. openSUSE Linux 15.4] Manjaro
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. If I leave a USB external WD disk attached for a while and then try to see its smart info, it shows a message box saying that it is getting the info, and then it fails and show the following:
If I click the left button, it says
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.1.31-2-MANJARO] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
Read Device Identity failed: scsi error device will be ready soon
If this is a USB connected device, look at the various --device=TYPE variants A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
It only works if I right-click the drive and select "re-read data".
Describe the solution you'd like When it fails to retrieve the info, maybe GsmartControl can automatically try re-read the data?
Hi, Can you please try to run smartctl manually when the drive is asleep, and re-run it immediately a few times to see how long it takes for the drive to wake up? You can check which commands GSmartControl executes in Exection Log.
