HOWTO : Lenovo Active Protection System (HDAPS) on Ubuntu 11.04
HDAPS can protect against your laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad) from damaging the hard drive when the laptop is moving around.
Step 1 :
Step 2 :
Step 3 :
** You just do Step 1 to Step 3 for one time only
Step 4 :
To test if the hdapsd is working or not, you just issue one of the following commands :
(a)
Then, move your laptop and to see if it can halt or not.
(b)
Then, move your laptop and to see if it display "
Step 5 (Optional) :
You can adjust the sensitivity of the sensor by editing the following :
Locate "
That's all! See you.
Step 1 :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tp-smapi-dkms hdapsdStep 2 :
echo 'tp_smapi' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo 'hdapsd' | sudo tee -a /etc/modulesStep 3 :
sudo modprobe tp_smapi
sudo /etc/init.d/hdapsd restart** You just do Step 1 to Step 3 for one time only
Step 4 :
To test if the hdapsd is working or not, you just issue one of the following commands :
(a)
sudo find /Then, move your laptop and to see if it can halt or not.
(b)
sudo hdapsdThen, move your laptop and to see if it display "
parking" or not.Step 5 (Optional) :
You can adjust the sensitivity of the sensor by editing the following :
sudo nano /etc/default/hdapsdLocate "
SENSITIVITY" and adjust the value.That's all! See you.