Hello alll
On Sat, 03 May 2008 13:40:57 -0500
Alberto Passalacqua
I read that other distributions (ubuntu, fedora) have problems with high number of hard drive load cycles and "clicks" on certain laptops (Dell XPS, IBM T60, ...) and with certain hard drives (for example samsung, but not only).
If you are testing openSUSE 11 beta releases, would you please do a check on your hard drive cycles?
As root, simply type:
smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count
take note of the number at the end of the line.
Repeat after 10-15 minutes and look at the number again. Same after one hour or so.
In order to answer your queston (Load_Cycle_Count variations as seen by smartctl under B2 ) I decided to recompile the kernel as that is a fairly heavy loadwork. Here are my observations # last night when I noticed your email linux:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2729 # today before compiling kernel linux:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2730 # today after compiling kernel linux:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2734 # today after booting using the new compiled kernel linux:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2737 Wifi works fine under the new kernel but my usb hotplug doesn't work now (I'm using new compiled kernel) - what do I need to do to get it working again? Regards James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org