Recently did a clean install of Ubuntu v9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and the problem has been fixed in this version. No need for me to do any of the fixes.
Recently did a clean install of Ubuntu v9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and the problem has been fixed in this version. No need for me to do any of the fixes.
Hi, I just want to confirm that I no longer need to do this with 9.04.
Thanks, and how can I check.
In terminal:
sudo apt-get install smartmontools
date; sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | egrep '(Load_Cycle_Count|Temperature)'
Run the second one every so often (15 minutely if you're bored, otherwise something like daily )
Since I've installed 9.04 I've noticed that the hard drive would cycle on and off very frequently. Neither the -B 254 or -B 255 had any affect. I tried the -S 0 and I think this fixed it.
Robert
HP tc4200 tablet
A clean CLI only install from an alternate 9.10 CD still has the old Load_Cycle_Count problem. Solution: install acpi-support
smartmontools is probably not part of the solution, just needed to check the Load_Cycle_Count.Code:sudo aptitude install --without-recommends acpi-support smartmontools
After upgrading to Karmic 9.10, I noticed that my hard drive was starting and stopping a couple of times a minute. Issuing a smartctl command didn't make a difference, and neither did unchecking "Spin down hard disks when possible" in System > Preferences > Power Management.
I tried removing the packages laptop-detect and laptop-mode-tools and rebooting. This seems to work. It also seems too simple and too easy. Where is the Linux joy in tinkering with arcane scripts I don't understand? Still, it seems to work. Something in the scripts must have interfered with my laptop's default tendency to keep the hard drive spinning.
This could possibly be a problem under battery power, if changing the Power Management settings for battery power has no effect. But I never unplug my laptop anyway.
This works for me on my NC10 using Xubuntu (Karmic.) Having thought I had found a solution I tried a fresh install of Linux Mint 8 hoping that it work there too. It doesn't. I am going to return to Xubuntu. Though I am only a light user and it would be years until I hit my drive's maximum duty cycle I find the noise (and knowledge of what is happening to small parts under great load) disturbing. I see a copy of Windows 7 in my not to distant future............
EDIT: I am correct in thinking Debian has fixed the problem? Or I am getting confused with all the messing about?
Last edited by nonperson; December 15th, 2009 at 10:57 PM.
I hear the clicking of the HD on my HP mini 5101 running UNR 9.10 when on battery. 2 days of use and a load cycle count of 978 (scary, isn't it?). The only fix that has worked for me is setting the apm to 254 after every boot.
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