** Summary changed:
- [natty] Cannot spin down hard drives
+ [natty] Cannot spin down hard drives while APM_level=254
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: hdparm
+ Some hard drives (tested with Samsung HD154UI) refuse to spin down on
+ demand (hdparm -y and -Y options) or on inactivity timeout (-S) while
+ the APM level (-B) is at 254. Setting it to another value (tested 255
+ and 253) makes the drive respect the set spindown time and spin down on
+ demand as well.
+
+ -----------------------------------------
+ Old description:
On an update natty ubuntu-server installation (hdparm version 9.32-1ubuntu1)
with nothing accessing the hard-drives running, I can't get them to spin down.
The drives (sd[ab]) are in an LVM setup but only used for 2 data-directories,
the system itself is on a USB flashstick (sdc) mounted directly:
# mount
/dev/sdc1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
...
/dev/mapper/DATA_VG-DATA_LV on /data type ext4 (rw)
/dev/mapper/DATA_VG-ZALOHY_LV on /zalohy type ext4 (rw)
# pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda1
VG Name DATA_VG
...
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sdb1
VG Name DATA_VG
...
hdparm -y seems to do nothing at all, while hdparm -Y seems to put the SATA
links to sleep:
Jan 10 19:32:11 johny kernel: [13313.493918] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0
SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
Jan 10 19:32:11 johny kernel: [13313.506875] ata3.00: waking up from sleep
Jan 10 19:32:11 johny kernel: [13313.514994] ata3: hard resetting link
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13313.832117] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps
(SStatus 113 SControl 300)
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13313.845403] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13313.845439] ata3: EH complete
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13313.852572] ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0
SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13313.865560] ata5.00: waking up from sleep
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13313.873618] ata5: hard resetting link
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13314.192119] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps
(SStatus 113 SControl 300)
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13314.205402] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/133
Jan 10 19:32:12 johny kernel: [13314.205436] ata5: EH complete
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: hdparm 9.32-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic-pae 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 10 19:23:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110106)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: hdparm
** Tags added: apm
** Tags removed: i386 natty
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[natty] Cannot spin down hard drives while APM_level=254
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