laptop-mode-tools does compile+run w/o hdparm but is using it: # grep hdparm /usr/sbin/laptop_mode hdparm -C $disk 2>/dev/null | sed "s/^/ /" command `laptop_mode status` diff with-without hdparm shows: Drive power status: + + /dev/sda: + drive state is: active/idle Maybe laptop-mode-tools should depend on hdparm or have USE="+hdparm" ? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
fixed in cvs. thanks for the report.