I don't want any Standby mode... but in any case here the main and only question is
"Why the $%&!! is X parking/ activating the hard drive when I switch off the lid?" I guess the only answer is this one, indeed http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=114738577123893&w=2 2008/2/27, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > From man (8) atactl: > > apmset power-management-level > Enables and sets the advanced power management level to the re- > quested level on the specified device (if supported). Device > performance may increase with increasing power management levels > at the cost of potentially requiring more power. Values up to > and including 126 allow the device to go into standby mode and > spin-down the disk. This may cause disk time-outs and is there- > fore not recommended. These values are more suitable optimiza- > tion for low power usage on infrequently used devices. Values > 127 up to and including 253 do not allow the device to go to > standby mode and are more suitable for optimization for perfor- > mance. Support for advanced power management is indicated by > the device with `Advanced Power Management feature set' in the > output of the identify command. > > > So it would appear that it just reduces wd0's need for electricity. > > Have you tried something else, like "atactl /dev/wd0c setstandby ###"? > I just put an old dell latitude D600 hard drive into standby by using > "atactl /dev/wd0c apmset 200" > > It appears to come back on when I use the command-line, and I get a > device timeout error when it spins back up... funny enough, it also > appears to come out of standby mode when I run "atactl /dev/wd0c > checkpower"... I get one "current power status: Standby mode", it > pauses a second, I get the soft error message in the console window, > then it comes back to "active mode"... > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Pau Amaro-Seoane > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am having a small trouble... I attached an external monitor to my > > thinkpad T41; when I do this, I switch off the laptop lid by pressing > > fn+f3, in the hope that its life will be longer (and to spare a bit of > > energy) and there's a clear correlation between doing it and hearing > > the hard drive parking and spinning again in intervals of some > > seconds... I tried to set it to atactl wd0 apmset 253 but this didn't > > help. > > > > atactl wd0 checkpower yields Standby mode / Active mode alternatively > > every some seconds or so. > > > > Some output > > > > spree(pb)| sudo atactl /dev/wd0c identify > > Model: SAMSUNG HM121HC, Rev: LS100-10, Serial #: S12SJD0P910425 > > Device type: ATA, fixed > > Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 234441648 > > Device capabilities: > > ATA standby timer values > > IORDY operation > > IORDY disabling > > Device supports the following standards: > > ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 ATA-7 ATA-8 > > Master password revision code 0xfffe > > Device supports the following command sets: > > NOP command > > READ BUFFER command > > WRITE BUFFER command > > Host Protected Area feature set > > Read look-ahead > > Write cache > > Power Management feature set > > Security Mode feature set > > SMART feature set > > Flush Cache Ext command > > Flush Cache command > > Device Configuration Overlay feature set > > 48bit address feature set > > Automatic Acoustic Management feature set > > Set Max security extension commands > > Advanced Power Management feature set > > DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command > > IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE > > SMART self-test > > SMART error logging > > Device has enabled the following command sets/features: > > NOP command > > READ BUFFER command > > WRITE BUFFER command > > Host Protected Area feature set > > Read look-ahead > > Write cache > > Power Management feature set > > SMART feature set > > Flush Cache Ext command > > Flush Cache command > > Device Configuration Overlay feature set > > 48bit address feature set > > Automatic Acoustic Management feature set > > Advanced Power Management feature set > > DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command > > > > ------------- > > > > With lid SWITCHED OFF: > > ====================== > > > > spree(pb)| while true; do ; sudo atactl wd0 checkpower ; date > '+%Hh%mmin%Ssec' > > ; sleep 5 ; done > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min53sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min58sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min03sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min08sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min13sec > > Current power status: Standby mode > > 18h02min18sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min23sec > > Current power status: Standby mode > > 18h02min28sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min34sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min39sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min44sec > > Current power status: Standby mode > > 18h02min49sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min54sec > > Current power status: Standby mode > > 18h02min59sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min04sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min09sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min14sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min19sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min24sec > > Current power status: Standby mode > > 18h02min31sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min36sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min41sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min46sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min51sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min56sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min01sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min06sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min11sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min16sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min21sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min26sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min31sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min36sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min41sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min46sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min51sec > > Current power status: Standby mode > > > > With lid SWITCHED ON: > > ====================== > > > > spree(pb)| while true; do ; sudo atactl wd0 checkpower ; date > > '+%Hh%mmin%Ssec' ; sleep 5 ; done > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min11sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min16sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min21sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min26sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min31sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min36sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min41sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min46sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min51sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min56sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min01sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min06sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min11sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min16sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min21sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min26sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min31sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min36sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min41sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min46sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min51sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min56sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min01sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min06sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min11sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min16sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min21sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min26sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min31sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min36sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min41sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min46sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min51sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min56sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min01sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min06sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min11sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min16sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min21sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min26sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min31sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min36sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min41sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min46sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min52sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min57sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min02sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min07sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min12sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min17sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min22sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min27sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > 18h02min32sec > > Current power status: Active mode > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Any hint? Is this normal? > > > > > > Why don't you write X from scratch? "ObsdX" (just talking in jest, of > > course, but it'd be great) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pau
