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Does Ubuntu makes use of accelerometer to protect my disk ?

Asked by Wladston Viana

On the operating system that came with my laptop, the system warned me every time I make a abrupt moment, saying that it had temporarily locked the hard drives head to avoid damage. (that warning off course came with a checkbox that would allow me to disable that from coming up every time)

I have installed Ubuntu on my laptop, and it didn't mention such protection. I'm a bit afraid of using Ubuntu while I'm on the go, because I don't know if it protects the disk or not.

Does it protect the disk ? (if yes, I hope I can fill a bug for that not telling it's active ?)

Or it doesnt ? (In this case, I hope I can fill a bug asking for support)

I know that such support shouldn't be easy to make, maybe because the manufacturers keeps the data sheets closed and don't release drivers for linux.

Thanks!

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Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said : 		#1

Thanks for your question, which kind of laptop you have ???

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Wladston Viana (wladston) said : 		#2

Thanks!

I have a Toshiba Satellite R20 Tablet PC.

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Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said : 		#3

Ok, Isearched in net (sorry for my delay). We can ses if your accelerometer
is enabled using this command line:

$ cat /sys/devices/platform/hdaps/position

Post the result. Thanks many

(If you want to see this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/95494 )

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Wladston Viana (wladston) said : 		#4

Massimo,

I typed it on the notebook and got back :

cat : /sys/devices/platform/hdaps/position ; No such file or directory.

I have never used an older version of ubuntu on this laptop, so I don't really know if that bug suits me.

I guess I should report a new one ?

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Best Massimo Forti (slackwarelife) said : 		#5

I thnk you must subscribe this bug. Thanks

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Wladston Viana (wladston) said : 		#6

Thanks Massimo Forti, that solved my question.

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LTSmash (lord-ltsmash) said : 		#7

Check the latest comments on the bug report linked to this question, you will see a patch for the kernel has already been released, now we only need to have a daemon implemented that locks the drive.