It's not 'wishlist', just 'critical issue'. I've had same problem, and now solved with martin's tweak.
Quote, As a temporary fix I edited /etc/hdparm.conf and added: /dev/sda { apm = 255 spindown_time = 0 } Afterwards I installed the hdparm init script by doing 'sudo update-rc.d hdparm defaults' to make the changes consistent over reboots. Thnks, martin. -- default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 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.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs