On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 08:53 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 6/8/05, Remy Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > One setting I noticed rereading the config file was this one:
> > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > > Enable laptop mode always, not just when on battery?
> > > # (This will still disable laptop mode when the battery almost runs out.)
> > > LAPTOP_MODE_ALWAYS_ON=0
> > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > Since it's a desktop machine it would seem that maybe laptop mode is
> > > not totally operational since I would never be on battery? I'm trying
> > > changing this to '1' and seeing what happens.
> >
> > You can check if laptop_mode is enabled with:
> >
> > cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
> >
> > My desktop says 0 (disabled), and my laptop says 2 (enabled, but no idea
> > why it's not 1).
>
> Mine says '2' also:
>
> myth11 root # cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
> 2
> myth11 root #
Mine says 0 (cause I'm on AC right now)
on Battery it changes to 2
/usr/sbin/laptop_mode
case "$KLEVEL" in
"2.4")
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
echo "30 500 0 0 $AGE $AGE 60 20 0" > /proc/sys/vm/bdflush
;;
"2.6")
echo "$LM_SECONDS_BEFORE_SYNC" > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
where LM_Seconds is 2
> /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,commit=600)
> So this should be spinning the drive up every 10 minutes? I don't
> think that's happening but I'll watch it carefully for another 30
> minutes.
The 10 minutes is a guide only. It just tries to collect all the writes
and make it write only once.
Try this script if you want to find out what's happening or how long is
the spinup/down.
$ cat HDtest.sh
#!/bin/sh
c0=0
c1=0
n=0
f0=standby
d0=`date +%s`
while true
do
f1=`hdparm -C /dev/hda | grep 'drive state' | awk '{print $4}'`
if test $f0 != $f1
then
d1=`date +%s`
c=`expr $d1 - $d0`
if test $f0 = standby
then
c0=`expr $c0 + $c`
else
c1=`expr $c1 + $c`
n=`expr $n + 1`
fi
echo "[`date +%X`] $c seconds in $f0 mode. ($c0 s standby/$c1 s
active/$n spinups)"
f0=$f1
d0=$d1
fi
sleep 1
done
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