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aneiser

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Registered: 2008-07-21

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[SOLVED] hdapsd/gnome-hdaps-applet/kernel26/tp_smapi: Some issues

Hej all,
I posted some comments on the package hdapsd http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5401. At the moment, loading the modules from tp_smapi and starting hdaps works without problems, when enabling the unload_heads by executing as root

echo -1 > /sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads

Now shaking the laptop (only a bit;) results in the output of hdapsd

Fri Mar  6 17:30:48 2009: Starting hdapsd
Fri Mar  6 17:33:16 2009: parking
Fri Mar  6 17:33:19 2009: Error! Not parked when we thought we were... (paged out and timer expired?)
Fri Mar  6 17:33:19 2009: un-parking

But a simultaneously played movie stops... So something is working, but also the new gnome-hdaps-applet (version 20081204-1) does not change the "play" sign into the "pause" sign while shaking... All this worked while using the bit outdated kernel26tp with old versions of hdapsd and gnome-hdaps-applet.
So, does someone has ideas how to debug this further?
Thanks,
Andreas

Edit: The problem is solved and had nothing to do with the software/kernel. I needed to update the firmware of my drive with the help of lenovos FWHD55.ISO...(in fact it was a bit harder since I own a non-IBM harddrive...see here http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Prob … hard_disks and search for hfui15.exe, don't forget the -pm switch to tell the badly programmed software that your HD is Primary master...)

Last edited by aneiser (2009-03-08 11:15:14)