Comment #3 fixed it for me, too.
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Title:
Disappearing /var/run/mysqld causes mysqld to fail after reboot
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Public bug reported:
smartmontools is missing the USB bridge definition for the a WD Elements
2TB HDD.
When I plug the drive into a USB port (say /dev/sdb) and run
smartmontools -a /dev/sdb, I get this error:
/dev/sdb: Unknown USB bridge [0x1058:0x10b8 (0x1007)]
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