Charlie Reiman, 2002-Nov-18 18:07 -0800:
> Did you try the find command I suggested?
>
> Try something like (in a script, run as root):
>
> sleep 310; find / -mount -type f -mmin -5
> find /usr -mount -type f -mmin -5
> find /home -mount -type f -mmin -5
>
> Run it, then leave your computer alon
That might help you find something.
> -Original Message-
> From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:22 PM
> To: debian users
> Subject: Re: locating the source for hdd activity
>
>
> Charlie Reiman, 2002-Nov-18 11:19 -0800:
> > I
Charlie Reiman, 2002-Nov-18 11:19 -0800:
> I've got my hd powering down just fine on my laptop with ext3. Use noatime,
> as noted. You will also need to disable syslog marking (see
> /etc/init.d/sysklogd, add "-m 0" as an option) and enable noflushd
> (/etc/default/noflushd). This is with debian si
martin f krafft, 2002-Nov-18 17:03 +0100:
>
> 1. could someone tell me how to make apmd alert me when there are
> less than 10% of battery left?
>
You have to run apmd with the -W and -w options. Check the man page
for apmd for details. I don't know specifically how because I use
gkrellm t
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> From: Angles Puglisi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:32 AM
> To: debian users
> Subject: Re: locating the source for hdd activity
>
>
> On your laptop, mount your partition(s) with noatime, this
> reduces greatly HDD
> activi
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:07:44AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-18 11:45:01 -0600]:
> > > this problem, but generally using a journaling file system on a laptop
> > > is a Bad Idea (TM).
> >
> > Because of battery drain?
>
> Yes. One way to reduce battery d
On your laptop, mount your partition(s) with noatime, this reduces greatly HDD
activity for ext3 fs.
Also, that guy is working on something from rhe kernel level that will allow the HD
to power down on a ext3 fs, but as of 6 months ago, this messed with the "sync"
command so that was problematic.
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-18 11:45:01 -0600]:
> > this problem, but generally using a journaling file system on a laptop
> > is a Bad Idea (TM).
>
> Because of battery drain?
Yes. One way to reduce battery drain is to have the hard drive
powered off. A typical laptop with the dis
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 07:47, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Monday 18 November 2002 12:49, martin f krafft wrote:
> > also sprach David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [2002.11.18.1314 +0100]:
> > > Are you running ext3, because if you are it is the journaling code
> > > that is causing this, it ru
also sprach David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.18.1447 +0100]:
> There is some work being done (by Andrew Morton I think) to get around
> this problem, but generally using a journaling file system on a laptop
> is a Bad Idea (TM). I think some of what he has been doing appears in
> 2.4.
On Monday 18 November 2002 12:49, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[2002.11.18.1314 +0100]:
> > Are you running ext3, because if you are it is the journaling code
> > that is causing this, it runs every 5 seconds.
>
> In fact, I am. Thanks. On another day I
also sprach David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.18.1314 +0100]:
> Are you running ext3, because if you are it is the journaling code
> that is causing this, it runs every 5 seconds.
In fact, I am. Thanks. On another day I might have figured that out
myself ;^>
This is annoying...
--
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On Monday 18 November 2002 11:27, martin f krafft wrote:
> my laptop harddrive makes a sound similar to drive access without
> a lot of head movement every 5.5 seconds, lasting for 1.2 seconds
> each. this is independent of noflushd running or not. i would be
> interested to find out what's causing
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