Comment 10 for bug 878010

OK, I've done the reconfigure...

1.:
DKMS: install Completed.
zandstra@zandstra-thinkpad-r60:~$ sudo modinfo hdaps
filename: /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/updates/dkms/hdaps.ko
license: GPL v2
description: IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) driver
author: Robert Love
srcversion: B9CA1754AD78F1E3A6FC3C3
depends: thinkpad_ec
vermagic: 3.0.0-12-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: invert:axis orientation code (uint)

2.: & 3.:
zandstra@zandstra-thinkpad-r60:~$ sudo modprobe hdaps
zandstra@zandstra-thinkpad-r60:~$ dmesg |grep hdaps
[ 29.470370] hdaps: supported laptop not found!
[ 29.470375] hdaps: driver init failed (ret=-19)!
[12877.808581] hdaps: supported laptop not found!
[12877.808585] hdaps: driver init failed (ret=-19)!
[15560.206898] hdaps: supported laptop not found!
[15560.206905] hdaps: driver init failed (ret=-19)!
[27888.644239] hdaps: LENOVO ThinkPad R60 detected, setting orientation 1
[27888.644369] hdaps: initial mode latch is 0x05
[27888.644504] hdaps: setting ec_rate=250, filter_order=2
[27888.644726] hdaps: device successfully initialized.
[27888.645213] hdaps: driver successfully loaded.

Looks more promising . . . but . . . still not working?

latest attempt at starting: . . .

zandstra@zandstra-thinkpad-r60:~$ hdapsd start
Wed Oct 19 18:48:50 2011: Starting hdapsd
Wed Oct 19 18:48:50 2011: WARNING: You did not supply any devices to protect, trying autodetection.
Wed Oct 19 18:48:50 2011: Adding autodetected device: sda
Wed Oct 19 18:48:50 2011: Selected interface: HDAPS
Wed Oct 19 18:48:50 2011: WARNING: Could not find hdaps input device (No such file or directory). You may be using an incompatible version of the hdaps module. Falling back to reading the position from sysfs (uses more power).
Use '-y' to silence this warning.
Wed Oct 19 18:48:50 2011: Could not open /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads
Does your kernel/drive support IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD?