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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #657

Comment 657 for bug 59695

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:50:22AM -0000, Adam Porter wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 05:23, Steve Langasek
> <email address hidden> wrote:
> > The laptop-mode-tools in hardy already uses 254 by default, so no
> > further upload of that package is needed in hardy.

> Does that mean that all Hardy users need to do to fix this is to
> enable laptop mode on AC and battery?

If you were to enable laptop mode, that would address this issue. We still
need to provide fixed packages so that this works out-of-the-box, using a
better approach than suddenly turning laptop mode on for users a year after
release.

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