** Summary changed:

- harddrive spins down when it shouldn't in laptop-mode
+ harddrive spins down when man page says setting does not permit it

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools
  
  I'm beta testing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex with kernel version 2.6.27-7.
  
- In laptop-mode.conf, the hdparm -B value is set to 128 therefore the
- harddrive should apply power regulation without spinning down the
- harddrive, which it has done in the past until recent Ibex upgrades.
- This could be a bug in the kernel not  interfacing with the harddrive
- correctly since hdparm -I /etc/sda1 indicates that hdparm -B is indeed
- set to 128 (and not 0 through 127, which would elicit spindown).
+ In laptop-mode.conf, the hdparm -B value is set to 128 therefore
+ [according to man page] the harddrive should apply power regulation
+ without spinning down the harddrive
+ 
+ hdparm -I /etc/sda1 indicates that hdparm -B is indeed set to 128 (and
+ not 0 through 127, which would elicit spindown). It will still spin down
+ because of -S. The man page should be clearer about this.

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Title:
  harddrive spins down when man page says setting does not permit it

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