I wrote the patch because my laptop hard drive was heating up to about 50°C because acpi-support disables the disk's APM while the laptop is on AC power.
I think if the user explicitly sets a value in /etc/hdparm.conf, acpi-support should not overwrite this setting, even if the power state changes. Arbitrarily applying the settings from /etc/hdparm.conf while on AC but using acpi-support's default while on battery doesn't seem appropriate either; while user A might be happy, user B might expect the exact opposite behavior. Furthermore, customized power-aware handling of APM values can already be done via laptop-mode-tools. In my oppinion, only if both /etc/hdparm.conf and l-m-t are disabled, it's acpi-support's turn to provide decent default values. -- acpi-support's 90-hdparm.sh overwrites hdparm.conf's apm settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318980 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
