agreed and i will improve it, whenever i can. i have created a wrapper script, that launches vlc via strace and logs the output to a file. the main reason for posting it in the first place, was that maybe others (and myself) get motivated to contribute there own findings later. ;)
regarding the hardware... absolutely nothing unusual: Device Model: HITACHI HTS722010K9SA00 Firmware Version: DC2ZC75A User Capacity: 100,030,242,816 bytes attached to 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06). will report back asap. thanks for responding! -- vlc sometimes wakes sleeping harddisks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681933 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