[smartmontools-support] smartctl 5.40 does not work with external ST9500420AS

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I'm using "smartctl 5.42" on a 17" G4 PowerBook running Mac OS X 10.4.11 (all updates installed). The "configure", "make", and "make install" all worked with no error (I have the output). 

My Mac is:
  Machine Name: PowerBook G4 17"
  Machine Model: PowerBook5,9
  CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
  Number Of CPUs: 1
  CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz
  L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
  Memory: 1.5 GB
  Bus Speed: 167 MHz
  Boot ROM Version: 4.9.6f0

"smartctl 5.42" works with these internal disks:
disk0 - Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 (uses MCE OptiBay, PATA-SATA interface)
disk1 - Hitachi HTS721010G9AT00 (standard ATA bus)


"smartctl 5.42" hangs using:
- external eSATA drive (OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini)
  contains: 500GB Seagate Momentus 7200 Drive (ST9500420AS)
- eSATA interface is: SeriTek/1SM2 cardbus card

Here is the output from "smartctl --all disk2 -T permissive" command
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     eSATA-2 ST9500420AS
Serial Number:    5VJ4Y0D6
Firmware Version: 0002SDM1
User Capacity:    500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   6
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 1
Local Time is:    Sat Nov  5 14:19:37 2011 CDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

---"smartctl" hangs at this point

---cycling power on external drive results in:

Error SMART Values Read failed: Unknown error: 0
Smartctl: SMART Read Values failed.

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: UNKNOWN!
SMART Status, Attributes and Thresholds cannot be read.

Error SMART Error Log Read failed: Unknown error: 0
Smartctl: SMART Error Log Read Failed
Error SMART Error Self-Test Log Read failed: Unknown error: 0
Smartctl: SMART Self Test Log Read Failed
Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging


The "smartctl -i disk2 -T permissive" command returns:

smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     eSATA-2 ST9500420AS
Serial Number:    5VJ4Y0D6
Firmware Version: 0002SDM1
User Capacity:    500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   6
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 1
Local Time is:    Sat Nov  5 13:55:16 2011 CDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

"smartctl -i disk2 -P showall" returns:
...
MODEL REGEXP:       ST9(160412|250410|320423|500420)ASG?
FIRMWARE REGEXP:    .*
MODEL FAMILY:       Seagate Momentus 7200.4
ATTRIBUTE OPTIONS:  None preset; no -v options are required.
...
This is the drive in the external enclosure.

Is the problem:
- the "eSATA-2" in the "Device Model: eSATA-2 ST9500420AS"?
- the Cardbus eSATA interface "SeriTek/1SM2 cardbus card"?
- something else?

I'll supply what other information is needed to fix this problem if I'm told what is needed & how to get it.

Thanks,

Joe