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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #108

Comment 108 for bug 59695

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Reuben Firmin (reubenf) wrote : Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks

> I confirm this and more : same behaviour on a _desktop_ computer. This because on that desktop on_ac_power returns nonzero and the system thinks it's running on batteries.

I don't think this is necessarily true (although I haven't looked at the script). on_ac_power is 255 on my desktop, but Load_Cycle_Count does not go up over time unless I explicitly set apm to a low value (otherwise it generally seems to be off.)

*However*, there is periodic disk rumbling (3-4 times a minute) on my machine, which is what drew me to this bug in the first place. I've tried killing off all non-essential daemons, and still I get the same behaviour. Haven't tried single user mode yet, but that's my next test.