Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1185 mails)

[Bob Rea <gapetard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun May 16 2010 11:40 pm, John Andersen wrote:
> On 5/16/2010 4:23 PM, Bob Rea wrote:
> > after a while. What should I look for and where should
> > I look? Top doesn't tell me anything that I can see.
>
> Define Always?
> How long has this persisted?

Almost always. After the system and kde are up for a bit, 
the hd light is on permanently, whether I am doing anything 
at all or not.

Clues would be useful

> Users with mirrored drives will see the drive light on
> for a long time after an improper shutdown/power failure.
>  The hardware controller of the software raid is
> rebuilding the drive integrity.  This can take hours as
> it is done as a low priority task.

No raid or mirrored drives

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Where is Bill Stringfellow
        now that we really need him?
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