Same in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ** Tags added: trusty
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058623 Title: APM settings are not persistent after a reboot Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In order to keep my data storage disks from slowly committing suicide by unloading their heads, I have to disable APM for both of them. Usually I would be able to do so by putting 'hdparm -B255 -S0 /dev/sdx*' in /etc/rc.local. Since Ubuntu 12.10, Palimpsest has a built-in function to modify APM settings if required. Sadly, after a reboot, these settings aren't kept. Even though the Palimpsest interface still claims APM is set to 255, running sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdx* will show the default value of 128 again. The desired behaviour is hdparm showing 'APM = off', and, more importantly, the disks not breaking themselves. The only way to keep my disks from dying is by adding /dev/sdx* { apm = 255 spindown_time = 0 } to /etc/hdparm.conf, as everything in /etc/rc.local seems to be ignored as well. The problem is no different for my SSD, but it doesn't make a difference for that one, obviously. Disabling and re- enabling the APM settings from Palimpsest does seem to work though, but it's impossible to do/remember that after every bootup. And forgetting to do so would most likely lead to premature disk failure. * 'sdx' is 'sdb' and 'sdc' in my case ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Sep 29 15:28:24 2012 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.24-generic 3.5.4 SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility Tags: quantal Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1058623/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
