[ltp] laptop mode

Jiang Qian linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 4 Dec 2005 05:30:28 -0500


What happens if you do 
hdparm -y /dev/hda
as root? Does HDD spin down then?
Jiang

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 11:28:39AM +0100, Mcskasi Csaba wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have a question about laptop-mode. I installed the debian laptop-mode  
> package and started the daemon (/etc/init.d/laptop-mode). After that I  
> unplugged my R50e to run from battery. I also executed "laptop-mode start"  
> successfully.
> The problem is that the hd does not spind down at all. It is on all the  
> time.
> I did not edit the default config because I think that all values were ok.
> Someone any clues?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Csaba
> 
> -- 
> Macskasi Csaba
> bitumen@tuxworld.homelinux.org
> http://tuxworld.homelinux.org:81/
> -- 
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad