I’m running with a laptop and Ubuntu 6.10, and during the night a very small access to the HD every 3-5 sec is annoying, plus can maybe shorten the hdd life time.<\/p>\n
This is a bug is oppened:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/dbus\/+bug\/17878<\/a><\/p>\n You can check if your are involved, type:<\/p>\n sudo hdparm -y \/dev\/hda<\/p><\/blockquote>\n or (for sata)<\/p>\n sudo hdparm -y \/dev\/sda<\/p><\/blockquote>\n to stop then hard drive wich should spin down and up just after a while.<\/p>\n A temporary solution is to enable the laptop_mode, but the hdd stop after 5sec, a bit annoying.<\/p>\n sudo laptop_mode start<\/p><\/blockquote>\n http:\/\/samwel.tk\/laptop_mode\/<\/a><\/p>\n and then edit this file:<\/p>\n \/etc\/laptop-mode\/laptop-mode.conf<\/span><\/p>\n To makes it start on boot and set the halt drive time at 10 min<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m running with a laptop and Ubuntu 6.10, and during the night a very small access to the HD every 3-5 sec is annoying, plus can maybe shorten the hdd life time. This is a bug is oppened: https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/dbus\/+bug\/17878 You … Continue reading