External USB hard-drive doesn't power off during suspend

[pikz]

I'm using Feisty on an iMac Core Duo. When I suspend the computer, I can still hear that the external USB hard-drive is still on. I guess it's the fan that I'm hearing. In Mac OS X I can't hear a thing when the computer is suspended.

uname -a: Linux user-desktop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Jamie Lokier (jamie-shareable)]

Perhaps related. I'm using Gutsy on a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Si-1520 laptop, and when I plug in a USB drive while the laptop is suspended (to RAM), the drive powers up.

I've never thought to check whether it stays on when the laptop is suspended; I assume it does.

I thought this odd - I'd expect there to be no power to the USB ports while the laptop is suspended. But I haven't tried it on any other laptop so maybe it's normal?

Kernels 2.6.20-15-generic, 2.6.22-5-generic.

[Jim Braux-Zin (j-brauxzin)]

Hardy amd64 on a Lenovo 3000 N200 laptop (Core 2 Duo)

My hard disks aren't switched off either.

What is more problematic to me is that they seem not to be unmounted, so when I unplugged a drive before resume, there still was its icon on the desktop. More problematic, when I plugged it again it would be mounted to a different location ("WD Passport_" instead of "WD Passport" the system thought was already in use), making all my bookmarks nonfunctional. I don't know if it is the same bug, I gonna post this problem to bug #198125 too.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

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This bug report is being closed because we received no response to the previous request for information. Please reopen this if it is still an issue in the actively developed pre-release of Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty . To reopen the bug report simply change the Status of the "linux" task back to "New".

[Erno Kuusela (erno-iki)]

same problem in maverick still

[Erno Kuusela (erno-iki)]

I can't seem to change the status to "new", all the status choices are grayed out.