There is (almost) no firmware and/or bios issue here. It's the OS's scripts that set insane defaults. As about aggressive power management settings - let's not forget that a hard drive is a delicate mechanical piece of equipment that spins at 5400 or 7200 rotations per minute. It is not supposed to be turned on and off every 2 minutes just like your car's engine is not supposed to be turned off whenever you stop at the red light of the semaphore.
-- default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
