[ltp] Fedora on Thinkpads

[Stephan Herhut]

Am Mo, den 10.11.2003 schrieb Behdad Esfahbod um 17:23:
> > Seems you know about it then;)
> > So, does it work with ext3 as my disk spins up periodically, even if it
> > is enabled. I am using ACPI, so I have to enable it manually at the
> > moment ( I havent dealed with acpid yet). Or is there some kind of howto?
> 
> Yes, it turns mine off with ext3 pretty good.  All you need to do
> is to add a line to /etc/sysctl.conf like this:
> 
> vm.laptop_mode = 1

Well, mine keeps on spinning. Every 5 seconds the hd light flashed up
just a little bit but I have no idea what program does this. Any idea
how to figure out?

Thanks
Stephan