misc/164838: Precompiled package sysutils/smartmontools 5.42_2 is not working properly in 9.0-RELEASE-i386

[Johnny Sun]

Hi,

The version installed via (pkg_add -a smartmontoools) cannot detect
harddisk and return the below error

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server1# /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/ada0
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE i386] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

error sending CAMIOCOMMAND ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Unable to get CAM device list
/dev/ada0: Unable to detect device type
Smartctl: please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary
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The same version (r3458 build) installed via ports-tree does not have
such problem.

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server1# /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/ada0
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE i386] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000
Device Model: Hitachi HDS722020ALA330
..
.
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Maybe I have same missing background knowledge.  I assume *pkg_add -r*
command will always get the latest version, not a snap shot version.  If
it is the case, I hope someone will update the working version to latest
package database.  If it is snap-shot based, any command that can get
the latest binary version for a particular software?

It happened to both fresh install or upgraded from 8.2->9.0 i386 version
(on P3/P4 era CPUs), but not on AMD64 (Intel pentium dual CPU)

Best Regards,
Johnny Sun
IT Officer
Interpro Manufacturing Limited
Tel. (852) 2363-1988
Fax. (852) 3547-6786
Email: johnny at interpro.com.hk


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*From:* Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org>
*Date:* 2012-02-15 5:59 PM
*Subject:* Re: misc/164838: Precompiled package sysutils/smartmontools
5.42_2 is not working properly in 9.0-RELEASE-i386
> It's not clear to me what problem you're reporting. Can you please try
> reinstalling the latest package and then list what error messages you're
> getting when you try to run it?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug
>