On Tue Apr 9, 2013, at 06:02:08, pomo wrote: > On 09.04.2013 07:38, Sherman Grunewagon wrote: > > > I have an external SATA disk in a USB-3 / eSATA docking > > station. When I connect using eSATA, the disk stays awake. But when I > > connect using the USB-3 port, it goes to sleep after a few > > minutes. How do I make it work like the eSATA? > > - autosuspend > less /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-3.8.5/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt Thanks. Nicely written doc. But nothing I've tried after reading it works. Here's what I did. gdisk -l /dev/sdd (to wakeup the disk) echo -1 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4/power/autosuspend (it was 0) <After a few minutes the disk suspends> gdisk -l /dev/sdd (to wakeup the disk again) echo "on" > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4/power/control (was "auto") <Disk suspends again after a few minutes> gdisk -l /dev/sdd (wakeup it up again) echo on > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host20/target20:0:0/20:0:0:0/block/sdd/power/control (was "auto") <No luck. Disk still suspends> Other suggestions? Sherman -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org