On 2 Dec, 02:30, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 03:24:02AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have set myharddriveto standby after a given time through laptop- > > mode. The hd actually passes to standby mode but only for half a > > second or so after which it spins up again. As far as I can tell I have > > configured syslog.conf > > in a way that log daemons will not sync after each minor event. > > Is there a way to track down what isaccessingthedrive? > > You may needsomethinglike noflushd. Don't know if its on sid. When > activated, it keeps the filesystem from syncing to disk unnecessarily. > > Doug. > Hi, thanks for the reply. I solved it following the directions found in the laptop-mode website FAQ:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump which enables checking disk activity through dmesg. It turned out that I hadn't put the "-" sign before EVERY log file name in /etc/ syslog.conf... I took a look at noflushd, but apparently it can't handle journaling file systems for they bypass the kernel's delayed write mechanism (*). Oh, well, it works now anyway. Thanks! (*) http://noflushd.sourceforge.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
