Re: [arch-general] Hard disc clicks

2010-09-02 Thread János Illés
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 15:54, Rafael Beraldo wrote: > I added hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda to /etc/rc.local, but I don't know if it is a > good solution either. Anyway, as Isaac Dupree said, unfortunatelly there is > no intermediate setting, then it is best not to have anoying and (I think) > dangerous

Re: [arch-general] Hard disc clicks

2010-09-02 Thread Rafael Beraldo
On 2 September 2010 10:46, Nicolas Bevilacqua wrote: > > I have the same netbook and the same problem. I resolved by changing a few > lines in the file /etc/hdparm.conf. > > Adding at the end the lines: > > # apm setting when on battery > apm_battery = 254 > # -S standby (spindown) timeout for the

Re: [arch-general] Hard disc clicks

2010-09-02 Thread Nicolas Bevilacqua
El 02/09/2010 01:58 a.m., David C. Rankin escribió: On 09/01/2010 10:22 PM, Isaac Dupree wrote: On 09/01/10 00:25, Rafael Beraldo wrote: The thing is, 128 keeps the hard disc spinning down a lot. In fact, 254 is quite noiseless, but as from 253 the clicking sound returns. I read this bug page

Re: [arch-general] Hard disc clicks

2010-09-01 Thread David C. Rankin
On 09/01/2010 10:22 PM, Isaac Dupree wrote: On 09/01/10 00:25, Rafael Beraldo wrote: The thing is, 128 keeps the hard disc spinning down a lot. In fact, 254 is quite noiseless, but as from 253 the clicking sound returns. I read this bug page [3] but found nothing new. It is worth remembering tha

Re: [arch-general] Hard disc clicks

2010-09-01 Thread Isaac Dupree
On 09/01/10 00:25, Rafael Beraldo wrote: The thing is, 128 keeps the hard disc spinning down a lot. In fact, 254 is quite noiseless, but as from 253 the clicking sound returns. I read this bug page [3] but found nothing new. It is worth remembering that, sometimes, when I'm watching a movie or TV

[arch-general] Hard disc clicks

2010-08-31 Thread Rafael Beraldo
Recently I got preoccupied with the hard disc clicking sounds I have been hearing since I installed Arch Linux on my Asus 1201N. Anyway, I remembered that there was an issue that could dramatically reduce the life of the hard disc, then I looked up on Google and found this article [1]. I ran smart