On 5/13/14, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 16:56 +0000, Curt wrote: >> On 2014-05-12, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is stored >> >> there.
>> > http://www.ngohq.com/news/19805-critical-design-flaw-found-in-wd-caviar-green-hdds.html >> until Ralf spoke of it here (and my >> drive had over 500,000 Load_Cycle_Count thingamajiggers--"smartctl >> /dev/sda -a | grep Load_Cycle"). >> >> I used the idle3ctl tool and turned the "feature" off completely (but >> this >> ain't no production server, or whatever you people call them). > > Assumed the drive is behind an USB controller and there should be no way > to open the case, then, when using GNOME, MATE, XFCE, replacing GVFS by > a dummy package could help. But it doesn't help always, from time to > time some other software wakes up the sleeping drive. ISTR an old phrase my grandfather spoke: For the love of gvfs is the root of all evil. Or something like that. I remember earlier this year purging gvfs from my systems, since it interferes chronically with encrypted mounts - putting random .meta files _inside_ the mount, and making it difficult (to impossible, since I never found the answer), to do something basic, like, oh, that's right, UNMOUNT! So grab your torches and pitchforks folks! We got ourselves a royal gvfs purgin' ta do! :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caosgnsqr_4ocaf2bffvd+kkpv4q+ojidcb-n9eiaq3_czsr...@mail.gmail.com
