Bug 161723

Summary:	Opening a new tab activates HD
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Pascal d'Hermilly <pascal>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Developers <konq-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	jtamate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Pascal d'Hermilly 2008-05-07 03:13:11 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I've set my harddisk on agressive power save mode, and I've noticed that every time I open a new tab in konqueror the harddrive turns on.
Can this be avoided?

Comment 1 Pascal d'Hermilly 2008-05-07 03:14:29 UTC

BTW. This is during web surfing.. browsing the files wouldn't make much sense

Comment 2 Pascal d'Hermilly 2008-05-07 03:17:52 UTC

The HD also spins up every time I switch pages in a tab. I other words, click on a link.

Comment 3 Jaime Torres 2008-10-12 12:47:18 UTC

I think you can avoid this using the tmpfs in /tmp, because konqueror uses /tmp files a lot.

The change is in /etc/fstab.
none            /tmp            tmpfs   defaults        0       0

Comment 4 Pascal d'Hermilly 2008-10-13 14:06:28 UTC

I suppose preventing disk-io while surfing would mean that it's not possible to recover from a crash. It seems to me that it's a better idea just to wait for solid state disks and let time solve the problem.