GSmartControl fails to start from menu

[doktor5000]

I need some help with GSmartControl on Mageia 4 (KDE, 64 bit version). The problem is that GSmartControl fails to start from the start menu, without any error messages. How can I fix this?

I can start GSmartControl in a terminal (Konsole), and then I see a few warnings and error messages:

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cambriz  ~  > $ gsmartcontrol
You are attempting to run a command which requires administrative
privileges, but more information is needed in order to do so.
Authenticating as "root"
Wachtwoord:
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
<warn>  [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Rotation Rate"
<warn>  [app] SmartctlParser::parse_section_info_property(): Unknown property "Rotation Rate"
<warn>  [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure.
<warn>  [app] execute_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary.
<warn>  [app] StorageDevice::execute_device_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary.
<warn>  [hz] Warning: exit: Command line did not parse.
<warn>  [app] execute_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary.
<warn>  [app] StorageDevice::execute_device_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary.
<warn>  [hz] Warning: exit: Device open failed, or device did not return an IDENTIFY DEVICE structure.
<warn>  [app] execute_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary.
<warn>  [app] StorageDevice::execute_device_smartctl(): Error while executing smartctl binary.
<warn>  [hz] FS warning: Unable to check if a path "/home/cambriz/.config/gsmartcontrol/gsmartcontrol.conf" points to directory: Bestand of map bestaat niet.
cambriz  ~  > $

"Bestand of map bestaat niet" = "File or directory doesn't exist."

[doktor5000]

Do you have smartmontools installed, and what happens when you run e.g.

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smartctl -a /dev/sda

as root ?

[cambriz]

Yes, I have smartmontools installed, and smartctl works fine.
smartctl -a /dev/sda shows all information.

[cambriz]

In Mageia 3 GSmartControl starts a little pop-up window for the root password. This window doesn't appear in Mageia 4.
Has this procedure changed in Mageia 4? Can anyone else reproduce this problem?
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.

[doktor5000]

Can you please show the output of

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ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit

[isadora]

Doktor5000, thanks for your help. This is the output:

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cambriz  ~  > $ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit
polkitd   1006     1  0 10:06 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
cambriz  21138     1  0 10:30 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
cambriz  ~  > $

[isadora]

Please cambriz, next time use code tags as explained in ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mandriva/m ... e_tags.ogv

[cambriz]

In Mageia 3 GSmartControl starts a little pop-up window for the root password. This window doesn't appear in Mageia 4.
Has this procedure changed in Mageia 4? Can anyone else reproduce this problem?