Description of problem: Even if the -w (wakeup) flag is NOT provided, hddtemp spins up the disk. I found that this bug is already discussed in launchpad #160621 and regarded as solved for version 0.3-beta15-43. I've checked the rawhide repo for a version that contains this fix, but the version there is still buggy. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.3-0.15.beta15.fc9 How reproducible: #hdparm -C /dev/sda /dev/sda: drive state is: standby # hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: FUJITSU MHV2080BH: 39°C # hdparm -C /dev/sda /dev/sda: drive state is: active/idle Actual results: drive spins up Expected results: check does not take place if -w is not provided, maybe check if a disk supports a readout without waking it up Additional info:
Thanks for the report. Confirmed on two F-9 boxes, one with a PATA (libata) drive and another with a SATA drive, applying the fix from Debian fixes both.
hddtemp-0.3-0.16.beta15.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/hddtemp-0.3-0.16.beta15.fc9
hddtemp-0.3-0.16.beta15.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update hddtemp'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-8562
I've tried hddtemp-0.3-0.16.beta15.fc9 and can confirm that hddtemp now behaves correctly!
Thanks for the confirmation. If you don't mind, providing one more "works for me" comment in Bodhi for the update (see comment 3 for the URL) would cause it to be pushed to stable updates...
hddtemp-0.3-0.16.beta15.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.