[laptop-mode] my harddrive won't spin down

[Bart Samwel]

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Hi Vojta,

2010/1/23 Vojt=C4=9Bch Pol=C3=A1=C5=A1ek <krecoun at gmail.com>

> I started with linux about a month ago - I came from M$ windows.
> I installed ubuntu laptopmodetools - version 1,47 and made some config
> changes and disk spindowns worked well.
> Then I bought a new hard drive seagate 320 gb 7200 rpm. I can provied you
> more info if you want to, but now I must find some hardware info tool for
> linux.
> I'm using ubuntu 9.04, which is modified to suite needs of blind persons =
-
> I'm blind.
> I'm quite new to the linux, but I'm not total newbie.
> Is this a hardware issue?
> When I run hdparm -y /dev/sda1 it spins down but only for a few seconds a=
nd
> then it starts again.
> lm-profiler doesn't reveal any rapid disk activity - the same activity as
> with old drive which worked well.
> What to do?
>

OK, let's check some things. Did you reinstall Ubuntu 9.04 when you upgrade=
d
the drive, or did you somehow transfer the installation to the new drive?
And if you did a reinstall, are you sure you applied the exact same setting=
s
as before?

In a state where the machine is supposed to be in laptop mode (e.g. on
battery), could you run the following command:

/usr/sbin/laptop_mode status

and send us the output?

Another thing you could try is using the non-lobotomized latest version of
laptop-mode-tools, which you can download from here:

http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/packages/debian

Ubuntu is great, but they have adapted laptop-mode-tools in ways that are
not always very helpful, and I'm not sure what the particular quirks of you=
r
Ubuntu version are. :-)

Cheers,
Bart

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Hi Vojta,<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2010/1/23 Vojt=C4=9Bch Pol=C3=
=A1=C5=A1ek <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:krecoun at gmail.com">krec=
oun at gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; paddi=
ng-left: 1ex;">
I started with linux about a month ago - I came from M$ windows.<br>
I installed ubuntu laptopmodetools - version 1,47 and made some config chan=
ges and disk spindowns worked well.<br>
Then I bought a new hard drive seagate 320 gb 7200 rpm. I can provied you m=
ore info if you want to, but now I must find some hardware info tool for li=
nux.<br>
I&#39;m using ubuntu 9.04, which is modified to suite needs of blind person=
s - I&#39;m blind.<br>
I&#39;m quite new to the linux, but I&#39;m not total newbie.<br>
Is this a hardware issue?<br>
When I run hdparm -y /dev/sda1 it spins down but only for a few seconds and=
 then it starts again.<br>
lm-profiler doesn&#39;t reveal any rapid disk activity - the same activity =
as with old drive which worked well.<br>
What to do?<br></blockquote></div><br>OK, let&#39;s check some things. Did =
you reinstall Ubuntu 9.04 when you upgraded the drive, or did you somehow t=
ransfer the installation to the new drive? And if you did a reinstall, are =
you sure you applied the exact same settings as before?<br>
<br>In a state where the machine is supposed to be in laptop mode (e.g. on =
battery), could you run the following command:<br><br>/usr/sbin/laptop_mode=
 status<br><br>and send us the output?<br><br>Another thing you could try i=
s using the non-lobotomized latest version of laptop-mode-tools, which you =
can download from here:<br>
<br><a href=3D"http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/packages/debian">http://samwel.=
tk/laptop_mode/packages/debian</a><br><br>Ubuntu is great, but they have ad=
apted laptop-mode-tools in ways that are not always very helpful, and I&#39=
;m not sure what the particular quirks of your Ubuntu version are. :-)<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Bart<br>

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