If thunderbird tries to get new messages and there are no new messages there is still some disk activity

[ubuntu_demon]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

thunderbird might cause unnecessary disk activity. It is important for laptop users to reduce unnecessary disk-activity because the harddrive head might be parked or the drive might be spun down.

If thunderbird tries to get new messages and there are no new messages there is still some disk activity. IMHO there should only be diskactivity when there are actually new messages.

If people would make thunderbird check for new messages each minute this means that each minute thunderbird is accessing the disk even if there are no new messages.

This might be one of the contributors to the famous Load_Cycle_Count bug :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/17216
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695

[ubuntu_demon (ubuntu-demon)]

$sudo su
$echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump
$exit
$sudo dmesg -c

making thunderbird get new messages

$dmesg | grep thunderbird

result :

[ 2542.832000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826481 (Inbox.msf) on dm-2
[ 2542.832000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826481 (Inbox.msf) on dm-2
[ 2542.832000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826481 (Inbox.msf) on dm-2
[ 2542.832000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826512 (panacea.dat) on dm-2
[ 2542.832000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826512 (panacea.dat) on dm-2
[ 2542.832000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826512 (panacea.dat) on dm-2
[ 2542.888000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826492 (popstate.dat) on dm-2
[ 2542.888000] thunderbird-bin(6742): WRITE block 301336472 on dm-2
[ 2543.272000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826419 (Inbox.msf) on dm-2
[ 2543.272000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826419 (Inbox.msf) on dm-2
[ 2543.272000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826419 (Inbox.msf) on dm-2
[ 2543.464000] thunderbird-bin(6742): dirtied inode 18826476 (popstate.dat) on dm-2
[ 2543.464000] thunderbird-bin(6742): WRITE block 301336464 on dm-2

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi ubuntu_demon,
Is this still an issue, as the 2 bug reports you mentioned are both Fix Released.
Thank you.

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!