Hello, the option -n is not working for the USB-Device Toshiba DWC120 2TB. Smart Status reporting and checks work. I am using version 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109
Here some output which hopefully helps to find the problem. # smartctl -i -n idle /dev/sdb smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [armv7l-linux-3.4.103] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org CHECK POWER MODE: incomplete response, ATA output registers missing CHECK POWER MODE not implemented, ignoring -n option === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba 3.5" DT01ABA... Desktop HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA DT01ABA200 Serial Number: 33UVM71GS LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 ff3cc19d3 Firmware Version: MZ4OABB0 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5700 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4 SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Thu Mar 10 12:36:18 2016 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled # lsusb -v Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0480:d010 Toshiba America Inc External Disk 3TB Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.10 bDeviceClass 0 bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0480 Toshiba America Inc idProduct 0xd010 External Disk 3TB bcdDevice 6.07 iManufacturer 1 Toshiba iProduct 2 External USB 3.0 iSerial 3 20130416040777 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xc0 Self Powered MaxPower 2mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk-Only iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Binary Object Store Descriptor: bLength 5 bDescriptorType 15 wTotalLength 22 bNumDeviceCaps 2 USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 16 bDevCapabilityType 2 bmAttributes 0x00000002 HIRD Link Power Management (LPM) Supported SuperSpeed USB Device Capability: bLength 10 bDescriptorType 16 bDevCapabilityType 3 bmAttributes 0x00 wSpeedsSupported 0x000e Device can operate at Full Speed (12Mbps) Device can operate at High Speed (480Mbps) Device can operate at SuperSpeed (5Gbps) bFunctionalitySupport 1 Lowest fully-functional device speed is Full Speed (12Mbps) bU1DevExitLat 10 micro seconds bU2DevExitLat 2047 micro seconds can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable Device Status: 0x0001 Self Powered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785111&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Smartmontools-database mailing list Smartmontools-database@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-database