Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-14 Thread wzab
green wrote at Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:22:32 -0500 > wzab wrote at 2012-04-13 18:42 -0500: >> A few weeks ago I've noticed, that my half year old laptop started >> to behave strange. >> When left unused, after the screen gets black to save power, the disks >> starts to click every few minutes, and afte

Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 14 apr 12, 12:29:57, wzab wrote: > > So the problem is why there is a difference between work on local keyboard > (no unloading/loading due to entering the idle state) and remote work? > I'd like to prevent the disk from entering the idle state, when working > remotely... Probably the ke

Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-14 Thread wzab
>> to find how often the head get unloaded, I have completely prevented >> this effect to occur. >Notice that you have 2 problems: >1- Unloading. >2- Reloading. >From where I stand, the unloading is normal, harmless, and even >desirable so the real problem is: why is it re-loaded every 3 minutes?

Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-13 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012, green wrote: > wzab wrote at 2012-04-13 18:42 -0500: > > A few weeks ago I've noticed, that my half year old laptop started > > to behave strange. > > When left unused, after the screen gets black to save power, the disks > > starts to click every few minutes, and after each cl

Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-13 Thread green
wzab wrote at 2012-04-13 18:42 -0500: > A few weeks ago I've noticed, that my half year old laptop started > to behave strange. > When left unused, after the screen gets black to save power, the disks > starts to click every few minutes, and after each click the > Load_Cycle_Count (as reported by s

Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> to find how often the head get unloaded, I have completely prevented >> this effect to occur. Notice that you have 2 problems: 1- Unloading. 2- Reloading. >From where I stand, the unloading is normal, harmless, and even desirable so the real problem is: why is it re-loaded every 3 minutes? I'd

Re: Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-13 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, wzab wrote: > When left unused, after the screen gets black to save power, the disks > starts to click every few minutes, and after each click the > Load_Cycle_Count (as reported by smartctl -a /dev/sda ) increases by > 1. ... > I have found the website: > http://www.thinkwik

Disk clicking and in increasing Load_Cycle_Count in laptop with debian/testing

2012-04-13 Thread wzab
Hi, A few weeks ago I've noticed, that my half year old laptop started to behave strange. When left unused, after the screen gets black to save power, the disks starts to click every few minutes, and after each click the Load_Cycle_Count (as reported by smartctl -a /dev/sda ) increases by 1.