[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2009-07-10 Thread XPanni
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59695 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 Finally, i solved it on my dell studio 1555. First, gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst. And edit it by adding 'noapic' without quotes at the end of the boot loader entry for the os, after 'ro quiet splash'. Then

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2009-07-10 Thread XPanni
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59695 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 Finally, i solved it on my dell studio 1555. First, gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst. And edit it by adding 'noapic' without quotes at the end of the boot loader entry for the os, after 'ro quiet splash'. Then

Re: [Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2008-03-25 Thread Akshay Srinivasan
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59695 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 I was wondering if we could emulate the condition in Windows.So I left the disk in (128) , and wrote a script to run smartctl every 7 secs ( the disk head parks after 8).And this actually worked.I was having

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2008-03-24 Thread Ryiden
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59695 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 I have created an installation script to fix the power management problem, just call: hdparm-apm-fix.sh /dev/sda install or hdparm-apm-fix.sh /dev/sda remove ** Attachment added: "Installation script to fix t

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-11-08 Thread Matthew Garrett
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59695 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 17216 Hard drive spindown should be configurable ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 59695 High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks ma

Re: [Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-11-05 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 17216 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 That bug (#59695) was hit by slashdot. It is more relevant, but has been replaced by a static html page because of the excessive traffic. I think that is stated earlier in the bug. At this point, there is en

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-11-05 Thread Dan Muresan
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 17216 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 I'm having the same problem with a Dell Inspiron 1520. Only hdparm -B 254 works.https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html A quick note: https://launchpad.net/bug59695.html ranks much higher in Google for relevant sea

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-11-01 Thread PowerUser
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 17216 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 Just to let you know: Hitachi uses quite special own technology to park HDD heads outside of magnetic disks area to a special parking ramp. This causes HDD heads not to suffer from parking - they're NEVER land o

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-10-31 Thread Neil Wilson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 17216 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 59695 default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 17216 Hard drive spindown should be configurable

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-10-24 Thread Johnathon
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 59695 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 Marking as a duplicate of bug #59695. Please feel free to report any more bugs you find. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 59695 default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks -- Def

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-10-21 Thread Mike C.
I am also experiencing this issue on my Dell Inspiron 6400. According to smartctl, my load cycle count is 73,603. Now, I’ve had my 6400 for five months, so that’s ~484 cycles per day. At this rate my hard drive (HTS721010G9SA00) will “last” ~3.5 years. -- Default HD power management settings wil

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-10-07 Thread Bart Samwel
Well, acpi-support 0.103 still does (in power.sh): $HDPARM -B 1 /dev/$drive 2>/dev/null when laptop mode is enabled. This is sure to trigger the problem, so I don't think it's fixed. -- Default HD power management settings will kill drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104535 You received this

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-10-07 Thread xtknight
Still an issue in latest Gutsy? -- Default HD power management settings will kill drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-07-29 Thread TDB
Same on Gusty tribe 2 on Toshiba P205. See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695 -- Default HD power management settings will kill drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is th

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-07-16 Thread Rami Autiomäki
Confirmed here on Gutsy and HP Omnibook VT6200. -- Default HD power management settings will kill drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-07-16 Thread Rami Autiomäki
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- Default HD power management settings will kill drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 104535] Re: Default HD power management settings will kill drive

2007-07-16 Thread NickB
Running Feisty, Dell XPS M140, with a Hitachi HTS541060G9AT00. Same situation, always noticed LOTS of spindowns but never thought much until it started really bugging me. Installed smartmon and found 154153 load cycles with 308 power cycles. Running hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda has fixed it for the time