Bug#464193: smart-notifier: message points user to wrong log file

[dann frazier]

Package: smart-notifier
Version: 0.28-1
Severity: normal

Today I got a couple of pop-ups from smart-notifier, with the following text:

This email was generated by the smartd daemon running on:

host name: krebs
DNS domain: dannf
NIS domain: (none)

The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:

Device: /dev/sdc, unable to open device

For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/messages).

You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation.
No additional email messages about this problem will be sent.

I don't have any entries from smartd in /var/log/messages, but I do have a
number in /var/log/syslog and /var/log/daemon.log:

Feb 5 10:41:08 krebs smartd[3035]: Device: /dev/sdc, No such device, open() failed
Feb 5 11:11:09 krebs smartd[3035]: Device: /dev/sdc, No such device, open() failed

I'm guessing that perhaps /var/log/messages is the upstream default, but
the Debian default is actually /var/log/daemon.log.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: ia64

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-mckinley (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages smart-notifier depends on:
ii dbus 1.1.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii python-central 0.5.15-0.1 register and build utility for Pyt
ii python-dbus [python2.4-dbus] 0.82.4-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii python-glade2 [python2.4-glad 2.12.1-1 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii python-gtk2 [python2.4-gtk2] 2.12.1-1 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python2.4 2.4.4-7 An interactive high-level object-o
ii smartmontools 5.37-6 control and monitor storage system

smart-notifier recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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[Brian Sutherland]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:17:57AM -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> Package: smart-notifier
> Version: 0.28-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Today I got a couple of pop-ups from smart-notifier, with the following text:
>

</snip>

>
> I don't have any entries from smartd in /var/log/messages, but I do have a
> number in /var/log/syslog and /var/log/daemon.log:
>
> Feb 5 10:41:08 krebs smartd[3035]: Device: /dev/sdc, No such device, open() failed
> Feb 5 11:11:09 krebs smartd[3035]: Device: /dev/sdc, No such device, open() failed
>
> I'm guessing that perhaps /var/log/messages is the upstream default, but
> the Debian default is actually /var/log/daemon.log.
>

This message is only displayed by smart-notifier, it originates with
smartd. Seems like the bug should be re-assigned there.

>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: ia64
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-mckinley (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages smart-notifier depends on:
> ii dbus 1.1.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
> ii python-central 0.5.15-0.1 register and build utility for Pyt
> ii python-dbus [python2.4-dbus] 0.82.4-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
> ii python-glade2 [python2.4-glad 2.12.1-1 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
> ii python-gtk2 [python2.4-gtk2] 2.12.1-1 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
> ii python2.4 2.4.4-7 An interactive high-level object-o
> ii smartmontools 5.37-6 control and monitor storage system
>
> smart-notifier recommends no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>

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Brian Sutherland