[SOLVED] gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
[SOLVED] gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
I upgraded my gsmartcontrol from the MX Test Repo and also installed xterm from the stable repo. In gsmartcontrol, when I click options/update drive database I have a message in xterm saying "bash: update-smart-drivedb; command not found". When I do a catfish search of the file system for "update-smart" all it finds is a man page, update-smart-drivedb.8.gz, in /usr/share/man/man8.
Last edited by JayM on Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
I think I posted this in the wrong place. Maybe it belongs in the Package Requests / Status MX17/18 subforum.
It's gsmartcontrol 1.1.3 by the way. I've searched the repositories for the term "smart" and can't find update-smart-drivedb.
It's gsmartcontrol 1.1.3 by the way. I've searched the repositories for the term "smart" and can't find update-smart-drivedb.
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Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
No debian version of smartmontools newer than jessie contains the update-smart-drivedb binary, although oddly they have the man file for it. Even that tool in MX-15 (jessie based) doesn't work anymore.
MX is based on debian stretch, ergo...
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$ sudo update-smart-drivedb
[sudo] password for tim:
/var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h.error: rejected by /usr/sbin/smartctl, probably no longer compatibleHP Pavillion TP01, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (quad core), Crucial 500GB SSD, Toshiba 6TB 7200rpm
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Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
Gsmartcontrol never contained the update-smart-drivedb command. It was part of the smartmontools package that gsmartcontrol is a Gui front-end to.
HP Pavillion TP01, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (quad core), Crucial 500GB SSD, Toshiba 6TB 7200rpm
Dell Inspiron 15, AMD Ryzen 7 2700u (quad core). Sabrent 500GB nvme, Seagate 1TB
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Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
yes ... you are right. So, why the update-smart-drivedb is missing at smartmontools, and why man page is still included?
I am just curious ...
EDIT: situation is more and more confusing, see
https://github.com/smartmontools/smartm ... /issues/22
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1574894
Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
The drivedb.h file was(is?) hosted at SourceForge. They changed their configuration several times, breaking the update script. Debian & Ubuntu disabled building the script because it didn't work.
Scroll to the bottom of the page on this smartmontools website page:
https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Download
and you can find the new drivedb.h files, which I assume you can download and manually replace the old ones with.
I'll see if the latest release can be built for MX-17/18 with the new update-smart-drivedb script.
Scroll to the bottom of the page on this smartmontools website page:
https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Download
and you can find the new drivedb.h files, which I assume you can download and manually replace the old ones with.
I'll see if the latest release can be built for MX-17/18 with the new update-smart-drivedb script.
HP Pavillion TP01, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (quad core), Crucial 500GB SSD, Toshiba 6TB 7200rpm
Dell Inspiron 15, AMD Ryzen 7 2700u (quad core). Sabrent 500GB nvme, Seagate 1TB
Dell Inspiron 15, AMD Ryzen 7 2700u (quad core). Sabrent 500GB nvme, Seagate 1TB
Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
According to the https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Download:timkb4cq wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:02 am The drivedb.h file was(is?) hosted at SourceForge. They changed their configuration several times, breaking the update script. Debian & Ubuntu disabled building the script because it didn't work.
Scroll to the bottom of the page on this smartmontools website page:
https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Download
and you can find the new drivedb.h files, which I assume you can download and manually replace the old ones with.
I'll see if the latest release can be built for MX-17/18 with the new update-smart-drivedb script.
"The above update method does no longer work for smartmontools older than 6.5.", but current version of smartmontools is 6.5, so I still do not understand what is wrong?
But anyway, please try to built this package with new update-smart-drivedb script.
Re: gsmartcontrol from mx test repo can't update drivedb
What's wrong is that Debian didn't include the update script in their packages.
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Dell Inspiron 15, AMD Ryzen 7 2700u (quad core). Sabrent 500GB nvme, Seagate 1TB
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