id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc 39 "Silent ""failure"" without -parameters" Giuseppe Iuculano Christian Franke "Hi, I'm forwarding a bug reported by a Debian user. Version: smartctl 5.39 2009-12-09 r2995 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build) This was my first time running smartctl. Without parameters it reported helpfully that I need a device name. When running ""smartctl /dev/sda"" it printed copyright notice and a home directory URL and no errors or anything useful. I thought for a while it might be broken. I suggest using -H or -a as the default output when no parameters are given. Or at least an error message that some parameter is needed. " defect closed trivial Release 5.41 smartctl 5.39 fixed 435579-forwarded@…