CC'ing back to the list. On 11/11/2013 7:42 AM, patrick wrote: > Am 11.11.2013 00:01, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: >> On 11/10/2013 3:18 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Sun, 2013-11-10 at 14:19 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>>> Thus the "problem" may not be caused by the operating system. >>> It is the OS, it's gvfs. Sure, it doesn't cause the spin down, but gvfs >>> does cause the unwanted spin up. >> You may be correct. However, do note that Patrick's only indication >> that his "drive" was spinning down/up every 5 minutes was that he >> "heard" it. Which is why I was starting from ground zero with the >> troubleshooting. >> >> Modern drives, both laptop and desktop, are so quiet as to be inaudible >> to many/most people. Thus, what Patrick is hearing may not even be the >> hard drive, but could very well be his CPU or GPU fan, or his DVD drive >> motor spinning up/down. >> > > oh yes, i didnt specify the hardware. > > its a toshiba sattelite pro c660-2tq, its about one year old but got > barely usage on it. > im sure that the cpu fan sounds different and is located in a different > position. > the cpu fan is incredibly loud....actually the laptop should not have a > pro in its name. > theres no dvd/cd in the drive > > im working with pcs for over 10 years now, i always build them from the > ground up so im sure that the harddrive is what im listening to.
Ok, so you're pretty sure it is the drive cycling down/up. > hdparm -I /dev/sda says its a: > toshiba MK5075GSX > > barely google hits for this product. > > > shouldnt gvfs show up in mount? > also, it looks like gvfs is pretty essential to gnome 3, how much work > did you do to create a replacement packet? Ralf will have to help you with the Gnome/GVFS aspect of this as I'm not familiar with it. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5281644b.9050...@hardwarefreak.com
