[SOLVED] Bug in hdparm 0.29 (Slackware-Current)

piratesmack · 10-12-2010, 11:39 PM

Hi

I upgraded from 13.1 to Current today, and now when I run:

Code:

# hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda

I get this error:

Code:

HDIO_DRV_CMD failed: input/output error

I don't know if this error message is serious or not, but upgrading hdparm to version 9.33 seems to fix it.

edit:
found this http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...32&atid=736682

prayag_pjs · 10-13-2010, 12:08 AM

The SSDs pretend to be IDE HDDs but doesn't support all the features of most HDD (in this case power management).I think this is normal and wont effect anything.

piratesmack · 10-13-2010, 12:29 AM

Thanks, but it's not an SSD.
Also, I don't see this error if I downgrade to the hdparm from Slackware 13.1 or upgrade to the latest version.

prayag_pjs · 10-13-2010, 12:48 AM

try if this link has some solution

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...laptop-824672/

GazL · 10-13-2010, 04:25 AM

Thanks for posting piratesmack. I'm not hitting the problem right now, but I don't like having known issues lurking so I think I'll upgrade that package too.

GazL · 10-14-2010, 05:46 AM

I see 9.33 was in the current changelog today.

piratesmack · 10-14-2010, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

I see 9.33 was in the current changelog today.

Hmm weird.
Slackware64 got 9.33, but Slackware got 9.32.

The bug seems to be fixed in both, though.