SOLVED: smartd troubles: what package supplies?

[Mark Weaver]

Mark Weaver wrote:
> Stuart Mackintosh wrote:
> 
>>> I've been wondering what package supplies the smartd daemon that 
>>> starts at system startup.
>>
>>
>>
>> rpm -q --whatprovides `which smartd`
>> kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.101.fedora
>>
> 
> ok..so even after reinstalling the necessary package I'm getting this 
> message from the services dialog when starting smartd:
> 
> smartd dead but subsys locked
> 
> apart from the obvious whats it telling me?
> 

Did a little rooting around and found inside the smartd.conf it had 
listed two drives. I had, at one time two drives in the machine however, 
the second drive has since been removed. Apparently smartd never got the 
memo. I removed the second entry in the file and viola! it works now.

Thanks,

-- 
Mark
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