udev question for dealing with auto spindown on Seagate FreeAgent Go 1T drive

[Darlene Wallach]

I saw this advice on how to implement a fix using udev:
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/DealWithAutoSpinDownOnSeagateFreeAgent
udev Method

Add a rule to the end of /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules

# Seagate FreeAgent allow_restart fix (i/o errors)
SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi",DRIVERS=="sd",ATTRS{vendor}=="Seagate*",ATTRS{model}=="FreeAgent*",RUN+="/bin/sh
-c 'echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/%k/allow_restart'"

I have Fedora 10 installed. Should I add a new file 10-local.rules and
put it there? I currently don't have a local.rules file.

$ ls /etc/udev/rules.d/
40-multipath.rules
51-packagekit-firmware.rules
60-libmtp.rules
60-pcmcia.rules
60-wacom.rules
65-md-incremental.rules
70-persistent-cd.rules
70-persistent-net.rules
85-pcscd_ccid.rules
85-pcscd_egate.rules
90-alsa.rules
90-hal.rules
91-drm-modeset.rules
97-bluetooth-serial.rules
99-fuse.rules

Thank you

Darlene Wallach

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 15:08 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> I saw this advice on how to implement a fix using udev:
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/DealWithAutoSpinDownOnSeagateFreeAgent
> udev Method
>
> Add a rule to the end of /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules
>
> # Seagate FreeAgent allow_restart fix (i/o errors)
> SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi",DRIVERS=="sd",ATTRS{vendor}=="Seagate*",ATTRS{model}=="FreeAgent*",RUN+="/bin/sh
> -c 'echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/%k/allow_restart'"
>
> I have Fedora 10 installed. Should I add a new file 10-local.rules and
> put it there? I currently don't have a local.rules file.

Just try it and see. Remember to restart udev after you make the change.

Note however that F10 is no longer supported.

poc

[Darlene Wallach]

Patrick,

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
 wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 15:08 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> > I saw this advice on how to implement a fix using udev:
> > http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/DealWithAutoSpinDownOnSeagateFreeAgent
> > udev Method
> >
> > Add a rule to the end of /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules
> >
> > # Seagate FreeAgent allow_restart fix (i/o errors)
> > SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi",DRIVERS=="sd",ATTRS{vendor}=="Seagate*",ATTRS{model}=="FreeAgent*",RUN+="/bin/sh
> > -c 'echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/%k/allow_restart'"
> >
> > I have Fedora 10 installed. Should I add a new file 10-local.rules and
> > put it there? I currently don't have a local.rules file.
>
> Just try it and see. Remember to restart udev after you make the change.

How do I restart udev? I can always shutdown and reboot, I guess.
> Note however that F10 is no longer supported.

I know. When I tried installing Fedora 11, I could not boot as a user,
the temporary login
did *not* get generated - I tried installing a few times and gave up.
> poc

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

Darlene Wallach

[Tony Nelson]

On 10-03-28 20:44:48, Darlene Wallach wrote:
 ...
> How do I restart udev? I can always shutdown and reboot, I guess.

...

From `man udevadm`, found with `apropos udev`:

...
   udevadm control command
       Modify the internal state of the running udev daemon.
...
       --reload-rules
           Signal udevd to reload the rules files. The udev daemon 
           detects changes automatically, this option is usually not 
           needed.  Reloading rules does not apply any changes to 
           already existing devices.
...

So just change the rule(s).

[Darlene Wallach]

Tony,

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Tony Nelson
 wrote:
> On 10-03-28 20:44:48, Darlene Wallach wrote:
>  ...
> > How do I restart udev? I can always shutdown and reboot, I guess.
>
> ...
> > From `man udevadm`, found with `apropos udev`:
>
> ...
>   udevadm control command
>       Modify the internal state of the running udev daemon.
> ...
>       --reload-rules
>           Signal udevd to reload the rules files. The udev daemon
>           detects changes automatically, this option is usually not
>           needed.  Reloading rules does not apply any changes to
>           already existing devices.
> ...
>
> So just change the rule(s).

Thank you for taking the time to look up the information and answer my question.

Darlene Wallach

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 21:03 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:
> On 10-03-28 20:44:48, Darlene Wallach wrote:
>  ...
> > How do I restart udev? I can always shutdown and reboot, I guess.
>
> ...
> > From `man udevadm`, found with `apropos udev`:
>
> ...
>    udevadm control command
>        Modify the internal state of the running udev daemon.
> ...
>        --reload-rules
>            Signal udevd to reload the rules files. The udev daemon 
>            detects changes automatically, this option is usually not 
>            needed.  Reloading rules does not apply any changes to 
>            already existing devices.
> ...
>
> So just change the rule(s).

Unless the device already exists, in which case no changes will be
applied.

poc

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:44 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> > Note however that F10 is no longer supported.
>
> I know. When I tried installing Fedora 11, I could not boot as a user,
> the temporary login did *not* get generated - I tried installing a few
> times and gave up.

Not sure what you mean by "the temporary login". I just used preupgrade
and it worked.

poc

[Darlene Wallach]

Patrick,

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
 wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:44 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> > > Note however that F10 is no longer supported.
> >
> > I know. When I tried installing Fedora 11, I could not boot as a user,
> > the temporary login did *not* get generated - I tried installing a few
> > times and gave up.
>
> Not sure what you mean by "the temporary login". I just used preupgrade
> and it worked.

I prefer to do a clean install. I have not used preupgrade.

When I have done other Fedora installs, a temporary user gets set  up
for the first login. That failed to happen when I installed Fedora 11,
so there was no way for me to login. I know I'm not explaining it very
well - it was a while ago that I tried to install Fedora 11.
> poc

Darlene Wallach

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 19:30 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
>  wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:44 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> > > > Note however that F10 is no longer supported.
> > >
> > > I know. When I tried installing Fedora 11, I could not boot as a user,
> > > the temporary login did *not* get generated - I tried installing a few
> > > times and gave up.
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by "the temporary login". I just used preupgrade
> > and it worked.
>
> I prefer to do a clean install. I have not used preupgrade.
>
> When I have done other Fedora installs, a temporary user gets set  up
> for the first login. That failed to happen when I installed Fedora 11,
> so there was no way for me to login. I know I'm not explaining it very
> well - it was a while ago that I tried to install Fedora 11.

Switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-Fn for n = 1..6) and log in as root. Then
you can create a user account.

poc