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acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #673

Comment 673 for bug 59695

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Adam Porter (alphapapa) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 15:06, Steve Langasek
<email address hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 08:23:35PM -0000, Ciso wrote:
>> So to check if the patch works what I need?
>> Only the "proposed" acpi-support package and to enable by hand the
>> laptop-mode?
>
> No. You need to install the -proposed acpi-support package and restart your
> system for the changed settings to take effect. You should *not* need to
> enable laptop-mode to see the effects of this bugfix.

Just FYI, when I installed the package from -proposed, I noticed the
postinst script restarting the ACPI stuff in /etc/init.d and saw it
set the PM mode then. Is a restart still necessary?