[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#714660: xfce4-power-manager: Unchecked "Spin down hard disks" but hard disk still spins down

[Chris Bainbridge]

Package: xfce4-power-manager
Version: 1.0.11-2+b1
Severity: normal

In settings I unchecked "Spin down hard disks" on battery power but it does not
seem to have done anything.

hdparm -I /dev/sda shows:
    IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD is enabled
    Advanced power management level: 127

Shouldn't one of these have changed?

Load_Cycle_Count in 'smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda' shows disk is spinning down
(it is also audible).



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.13-38
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.2-3
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.100.2-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.10-2
ii  libnotify4                0.7.5-1
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
ii  libxfce4ui-1-0            4.8.1-1
ii  libxfce4util4             4.8.2-1
ii  libxfconf-0-2             4.8.1-1
ii  libxrandr2                2:1.3.2-2+deb7u1
ii  upower                    0.9.17-1
ii  xfce4-power-manager-data  1.0.11-2

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager recommends:
ii  consolekit  0.4.5-3.1

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager suggests:
ii  udisks                       1.0.4-7
pn  xfce4-power-manager-plugins  <none>

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