[ltp] hangs with laptop-mode and madwifi

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:02:01 -0800, Justin Mason <jm@jmason.org> wrote:
> Just wondering -- I've received a couple of mails from people running
> into what they think is this bug:
> 
>     https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6108
>
> Is anyone else seeing this problem?  Ubuntu and (as far as I know) Debian
> use laptop-mode to spin down the disks when on battery; Ubuntu is planning
> to use it by default for laptops in their next release.

I can confirm this bug. Btw, it seems to suffice to do a `echo 2 >
/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode` and to wait for a hang. I didn't manage to
provoke such a hang yet, but I'm only seeing it with
/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode != 0.

-- 
regards,
    Reinhard