External disk won't spindown
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sdparm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: sdparm
This has bugged me a long time on Jaunty, but it's still present on Karmic, so it definitely needs a fix. I remember earlier versions of Ubuntu did not have this bug. My current state is that I have done an update to Karmic from Jaunty via update manager.
Okay, I have a number of external hard disks including MyBooks that I connect over firewire and a WD Passport that's connected via USB. The problem becomes apparent whenever I try to remove the disks manually. I normally unmount them via a terminal and then spin them down before unplugging the cable... sort of my own *safely remove* feature. I invoke the "sdparm -C stop /dev/sdb" command as root (sudo -s) and on other linux systems the disks spin down nicely. However for some reason that is not the case on Jaunty/Karmic beta. the disks seem to be spinning down for a moment, but then they always power up again and respin to full speed like a music CD. The disk will spin down automatically after leaving it idle for long enough.
I'm opening a new bug report because this is still present on Karmic.
uname -a
Linux anomaly 2.6.31-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 11:55:55 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Possible related bug: https:/
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 6 20:52:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: sdparm 1.02-1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: sdparm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
I also tested it recently and this bug made really made it through to Karmic as well. It's a bit annoying, but obiviously nobody found a solution for that issue up to now.