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> > Hi, I've been using transmission as my main bittorrent client for |
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> > ages now. |
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> > For some odd reason, it randomly just pauses all downloads. It |
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> > normally would do this, when running out of disk space, which is |
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> > not the case here.. |
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> > |
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> > Any ideas? |
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> This one's kind of random, but who knows? |
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> This is based on LWN's "Notes from the LSF storage track" article as |
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> found at the link below. More specifically, it's based on the first |
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> paragraph under ATA issues, about the problem with zero-length |
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> barriers. Apparently this causes some drives to power off briefly, |
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> possibly due to power-saving then powering up for the flush, drawing |
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> more power than expected. |
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> http://lwn.net/Articles/328347/ |
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> It's causing problems with occasional lost data due to losing the |
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> cache in the power blink. Naturally, this confuses the drivers and |
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> possibly the apps using the drive as well, particularly if an error |
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> is propagated up the driver stack to them during the momentary outage. |
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> ... |
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Oops, I didn't want to highjack the thread about the pdf problems... |
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Thanks for the reply, I'll investigate this further, also I've just |
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seen that transmission 1.52 is out, mine is 1.42, so maybe its already |
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fixed.I bloodywell hope so, anyway ;) |
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Tom |
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