Maybe try a little harder to ID the process causing the wakeup? Have you tried looking for blocked processes at the moment you hear the drive start to spin up? Look for processes in D state at the time the drive is spinning up.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > Thank you, > > unfortunately it doesn't help. > > On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:12:23 +0100, João M. S. Silva wrote: >>I'm not sure if I understood your issue correctly, but I also have a >>server with a mechanical disk which periodically spins, don't know why. >> >>There are tools like powertop or so, but I guess you already tried >>that. I think I also did and it didn't help. >> >>Maybe try Linux (kernel) IRC channel? > > It's not a server, just an install from a server ISO, because this > was the minimalist install I could find. > > I want that the green drive spins down, I don't want that buggy > software wakes up the green drive. The drive should stay asleep. > > I'm used to Arch Linux, I don't want an OOTB install with tons of > unwanted default configs and unwanted packages. Arch and Ubuntu are the > most used distros for audio productions, so to contribute to Linux > audio, it would be useful to have an Ubuntu install parallel to my Arch > install. > > Now the problem is, that I can't find the package that does cause the > issue. My drive stays asleep when using Arch Linux! IOW there > already must be some package installed for Ubuntu Wily, that I don't > want to have installed. > > It's not kernel related, it must be some disk monitoring, that's why > GVFS never is installed on my systems and that's why for testing > purpose I removed a few packages, such as udisks2 from the Ubuntu > install. > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
