[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-05-06 Thread David Barker
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 952556 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 984308 ATA failures when operating on battery power in Ubuntu 12.04 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 952556 [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restar

[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-05-06 Thread David Barker
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 984308 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984308 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 984308 ATA failures when operating on battery power in Ubuntu 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-03-13 Thread Jost Menke
Excessive spindowns here aswell with default value of 127 (FUJITSU MHV2100BH PL). I suggest the following fix which worked for me: - Change line 82 in /lib/hdparm/hdparm-functions to "hdparm_set_option -B128" - Adjust the global spindown time in /etc/hdparm.conf to your needs. (E.g. "spindown_tim

[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-03-03 Thread Najam Safar
Changing the value to 127 in 12.04 is causing heavy spin downs for me. Everything was fine with me on 11.10 where the battery default setting was 128 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9130

[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-02-05 Thread Gerhard Aigner
I'm affected by this too (Same Notebook: Thinkpad T500, different HD SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB): hdparm -B127 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting Advanced Power Management level to 0x7f (127) APM_level = 127 so in my case it sticks to 127, but it spins down way to often (i.e. after a couple of seconds ~30

[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-02-04 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
My SAMSUNG HM251JJ also suffers this problem. If hdparm sets -B128, it sticks: sudo hdparm -B128 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting Advanced Power Management level to 0x80 (128) APM_level = 128 And as per the hdparm manpage, it does not spin down. Ever. But if it sets -B127, the hard disk assum

[Bug 913050] Re: Explicit APM values in hdparm-functions cause Load Cycle Count hell

2012-02-04 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: hdparm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/913050 Title: Expl