I tried compiling the smartctl from smartmontools 5.39... same effect. The drive woke up after exiting smartctl.
chr...@bobo:~/tmp/smartmontools-5.39$ sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: issuing standby command chr...@bobo:~/tmp/smartmontools-5.39$ sudo hdparm -C /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: drive state is: standby chr...@bobo:~/tmp/smartmontools-5.39$ sudo hdparm -C /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: drive state is: standby chr...@bobo:~/tmp/smartmontools-5.39$ sudo ./smartctl -n standby -a /dev/sdb smartctl 5.39 2009-12-09 r2995 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-9 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net Device is in STANDBY mode, exit(2) chr...@bobo:~/tmp/smartmontools-5.39$ sudo hdparm -C /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: drive state is: active/idle chr...@bobo:~/tmp/smartmontools-5.39$ -- smartctl -n standby wakes up drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/497256 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
