@memartin I have a Samsung HM250JI SATA notebook drive in an external enclosure (ICY BOX IB-290StUS-B) which doesn't spin down by default either.
On Hardy/Intrepid I could use the suspend-usb-device skript, it worked out of the box. So did a manual sdparm --command=stop. I could hear the drive spin down when I put my ear to it. Now I'm using Kubuntu Karmic and both the sdparm command and the skript (as a logical consequence it seems) stopped working. did you try using the menu 'safely remove' by right clicking on the drive on your desktop? -- WD external drives need to be spun down, "sdparm --command=stop" doesn't work any more https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
