I’m very sorry! I don’t want to spam planet.ubuntu.com
I just discovered this : if I edit an old post the timestamp in the rss feed gets updated and bumps my post to the top of planet.ubuntu.com. I use wordpress.com so I can’t edit the source code. I thought this just happened with my latest [...]
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Ubuntu is NOT causing aggressive power management settings!
The following things might instead cause aggressive power management settings :
your (laptop) harddrive firmware might have aggressive power management defaults (operating system independent)
your (laptop) BIOS might set your harddrive to use aggressive power management (operating system independent)
you might have enabled laptop-mode in /etc/default/acpi-support (disabled by default) [...]
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People on the ubuntuforums are worrying about this problem because quite some people seem to be suffering from it. Just do a search for Load_Cycle_Count on the ubuntuforums. Here are some threads as an example :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=594796
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=589936
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591564
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591230
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591503
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=566072
Harddrive manufacturers seem to claim most harddrives can handle at least 600.000 Load_Cycles but this is probably [...]
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De Gutsy Release Party in Hilversum was een succes. De presentaties waren toegankelijk en interessant voor potentiële nieuwe gebruikers,beginners en gevorderden. Er zijn schattingen dat er 500 mensen zijn gekomen. Hulde aan w.hellinga en alle anderen die hebben geholpen!
We zijn na de party met 10 mensen samen naar de chinees gegaan. Het was erg lekker [...]
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Your harddisk shouldn’t spin-down/spin-up and/or park/unpark too much causing the mechanics of the harddrive to slowly detiorate. If this is happening you should see your Load_Cycle_Count increasing too fast.
The following things might cause aggressive power management :
your (laptop) harddrive firmware might have aggressive power management defaults (operating system independent)
your (laptop) BIOS might set your harddrive [...]
Geplaatst onder: Uncategorized op 28 October 2007 | Comments Off