This doesn't occur only with sdparm but also sg_start from sg3-utils. My LaCie external HD has the same issue both on a Karmic desktop and a Jaunty server.
Problem seems to be related to udev as the copying of a modified udev rules file to /etc/udev/rules.d temporarily while running the commands as suggested in #117713 seems to work although seems a very unreliable solution. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hdparm/+bug/388506 also seems like a somewhat similar issue that was affecting hdparm. -- External disk won't spindown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444818 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
