i can confirm that setting ENV{UDISKS_DISABLE_POLLING} to 1 in an appropriate udev rule helps
for my thinkpad t410s useful rules are: # main hdd (1.8") KERNELS=="0:0:0:0", ENV{UDISKS_DISABLE_POLLING}="1" # thinkbay hdd KERNELS=="1:0:0:0", ENV{UDISKS_DISABLE_POLLING}="1" # esata hdd KERNELS=="5:0:0:0", ENV{UDISKS_DISABLE_POLLING}="1" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638765 Title: udisks wakes up unmounted drives from standby with smart polls -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs