HDD spindown is very frequent
Bug #931223 reported by
PicMon
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #952556: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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hdparm (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
On 12.04 both alpha 1 and 2, the spindown of laptop harddisk is very frequent. Mostly few times per minute. It is annoying and I suppose it can cause damage to the harddisk. Last but not least it does not save battery life.
Thank you for considering to change default values.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: hdparm 9.37-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 13 02:48:08 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120125)
SourcePackage: hdparm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-03 (9 days ago)
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.