I think the following times are reasonable: LM_AC_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200 LM_BATT_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=900 NOLM_HD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200
It means that the disc spins down after 2 hours on ac and 15 minutes on battery. This should be enough to that it doesn't shut down when you surf the web or listen to music. For example, with epiphany 5 minutes is not enough since it will spin up the drive everytime you close a tab or it caches an image on a webpage. -- HDD powerdown every 5 seconds https://launchpad.net/bugs/29529 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
