I was going to post it to the bug #59695, but since that one is a duplicate...
I have had 341541 Load_Cycle_Count and the rate of 4-5 cycles per *minute*, while browsing and using shell after 2 months of Using Ubuntu Gutsy (yes, I have installed the development version). Then I've applied the "ugly fix" (http://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/laptop- hardrive-killer-bug/#comment-31234) and couple of days later the Load_Cycle_Count is 341549. Well, my laptop is not young, it is almost 2 years old now, and I have used WinXP for the first year, then Ubuntu Dapper for a couple of weeks, then Feisty for a couple of weeks again, and then Gentoo for three months. Nevertheless, I believe the high Load_Cycle_Count is Ubuntu's merit because with that high Load_Cycle_Count increase rate it would take about three months with my current usage pattern to achieve the value (this is exactly how long I have been using all versions of Ubuntu). Furthermore, I have never (well, maybe in Dapper of Feisty) had laptop mode enabled here. Therefore, according to Ubuntu developers, I should blame my hard drive manufacturer - Hitachi - or laptop producer - Acer. That's true, but I blame Ubuntu, and here's the reasoning. Ubuntu tries to be a "linux for humans". If I understand the phrase correctly, I am not supposed to read bug tracks and IT news. Rather I should be merely using my PC as a tool for doing my job. Now, I was going to install Ubuntu to a friend of mine who has a new Toshiba laptop, and what's then? Does he find his laptop hard drive with a lot of valuable and, perhaps, irrecoverable information dead half a year later? Guess what he would say about Ubuntu Linux that hadn't dared to correct insane BIOS/hard drive defaults? Guess if he is ever going to use Ubuntu, or any Linux, again? And by the way, if I am going to install it for him anymore... Well, if it was Gentoo, and the guys who reported a similar bug there are correct, I *could* try to explain it to myself that gentoo is not meant for a non-savvy user, and it was I who misconfigured the system... but Ubuntu is "for human beings"!!!! (Although, I still consider this issue to be a bug, regardless of distribution) To sum up, I insist that the hard drive spin down should not only be configurable, but *configured* during installation so that any defaults pass a sanity checking before being used. Otherwise, IMHO the main point of Ubuntu distribution - linux "for the rest of us" - is to be dismissed. Anyway, there is a large number of upset laptop owners who would greatly appreciate these changes. P.S. Please, find attached the output of smartctl -a /dev/sda at present moment. ** Attachment added: "smartctl" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10290522/smartctl -- Hard drive spindown should be configurable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17216 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
