GNOME Disks without SMART options

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1

I can’t perform SMART tests on my disk, and I don’t know why:

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Before you ask, smartctl is in the $PATH.

Any ideas?

  • system: "x86_64-linux"
  • host os: Linux 6.17.9-zen1, NixOS, 25.11 (Xantusia), 25.11.20251209.09eb77e
  • multi-user?: yes
  • sandbox: yes
  • version: nix-env (Nix) 2.31.2
  • nixpkgs: /nix/store/wdqrnd6fkxdsf4xn2kkfa8f42shfw0i3-source
2

can you read the data directly through smartctl?
try this command and see if it logs anything:
sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda1

3

Yes, that works fine

4

Could be because it’s an external drive. Either way it’s not really a NixOS issue, many users complain about this issue across distros.