http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576662 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576662#c0 Summary: 'smartctl -n standby' wakes up drive (smartmontools, smartd) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: krupp@upb.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.5; Linux) KHTML/3.5.10 (like Gecko) SUSE If 'smartctl -n standby' is used on Linux, smartctl properly detects the standby mode and exits, but the drive spins up then. If 'hdparm -C' is used instead, the drive does not spin up. Related thread: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4B40CF2C.8020405%40t-online.de&forum_name=smartmontools-support Ubuntu bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smartmontools/+bug/497256 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. have smartd running 2. hdparm -y /dev/sdb 3. wait until the next smartd check Actual Results: drive spun up from standby by smartd Expected Results: leave disk in standby The problem seems to have been fixed by the smartmontools people a couple of days ago: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/ticket/37 This behaviour may wear out a harddrive, may I therefore suggest this to be fixed in the final version of 11.2. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.