I have a Samsung HM250JI SATA notebook drive in an external enclosure (ICY BOX IB-290StUS-B) which doesn't spin down by default either.
On Hardy/Intrepid I could use the suspend-usb-device skript, it worked out of the box. So did a manual sdparm --command=stop. I could hear the drive spin down when I put my ear to it. Now I'm using Kubuntu Karmic and both the sdparm command and the skript (as a logical consequence it seems) stopped working. Here's some syslog output: Plugging the disk: Dec 9 17:21:14 mc2 kernel: [14935.184073] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 Dec 9 17:21:14 mc2 kernel: [14935.320088] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Dec 9 17:21:14 mc2 kernel: [14935.336263] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 9 17:21:14 mc2 kernel: [14935.336552] usb-storage: device found at 6 Dec 9 17:21:14 mc2 kernel: [14935.336559] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.346615] usb-storage: device scan complete Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.353214] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access SAMSUNG HM250JI PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.354291] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.374986] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB) Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.380392] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.380398] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 38 00 00 00 Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.380401] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 9 17:21:19 mc2 kernel: [14940.390915] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 9 17:21:20 mc2 kernel: [14940.390926] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 Dec 9 17:21:20 mc2 kernel: [14941.020195] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 9 17:21:20 mc2 kernel: [14941.020204] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk running suspend-usb-device script: Dec 9 17:21:45 mc2 kernel: [14965.496329] scsi 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Dec 9 17:21:45 mc2 kernel: [14965.496339] scsi 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Dec 9 17:21:45 mc2 kernel: [14965.496352] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 488396928 Dec 9 17:21:45 mc2 kernel: [14965.496366] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 61049616 Skript is latest git clone, still working like a charm under Hardy. Lsusb output for the disk/enclosure attached. ** Attachment added: "lsusb -v output for the external disk/enclosure" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36627737/lsusb-v.txt -- WD external drives need to be spun down, "sdparm --command=stop" doesn't work any more https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
