IanW wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue > for you? If so, can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in > advance. > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > Ah, yes. I don't like to leave loose ends.
I finally discovered my problem of the interminable wild hard disk activity. It wasn't MythTV. I had already uninstalled that. It wasn't Tracker: that behaves very nicely. Nor was it any of the other possibilities suggested in the blog. I have a 250GB disk. Before installing Hardy Heron, I decided to rationalize my disk space by reorganizing the partitions completely. I used Gparted to do this. It involved moving my 2GB Linux swap partition. Unfortunately, on moving the swap partition to another part of the disk, Gparted did not update the UUID of the swap partition in /etc/fstab. Consequently, Ubuntu was constantly looking for the Linux swap partition using its old UUID. Correcting the swap partition's UUID manually in /etc/fstab cured the problem instantly and permanently. Perhaps an advice could be posted somewhere to warn people that they must correct the swap partition's UUID manually in /etc/fstab if they ever move a swap partition with Gparted. Now, for me, Hardy Heron runs like a dream. Thank you. regards, Rob Morton -- Ubuntu 8.04 : after installing april 8/2008 updates, hard drive led never stops flashing and CPU consuption is VERY high https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214763 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
