i was affected too. after installing libatasmart from the ppa '/usr/lib/devicekit-disks/devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect /dev/sdb 1' does not wake up my ST3250823AS (7200.8) drive anymore, thanks. pls add this to karmic updates.
-- Disk wakes up every 30 minutes and produces errors on dmesg https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435190 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