Hi, I'm new to archlinux, so forgive me if these questions are elementary. I literally got this Pogoplug yesterday and started working on it last night.
I installed ALarm, Samba, and Shairport following this guide: http://blog.qnology.com/2013/03/tutorial-pogoplug-e02-with-arch-linux.html
I have a couple questions:
1. What is a safe way to shut down the Pogoplug for storage? It's unsafe to just unplug it right?
2. Are there optimal settings for the audio to reduce hiss background noise? I have the Master amixer volume set to 60%, and my libao and asound confs seem to be correct with mmap disabled according to this http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3686&p=20928&hilit=asound#p20928
I was thinking it could just be my usb dac though. I'm using cheap ones, however in other instances they don't have noise.
3. Is there a way to have the hard disk stop spinning sooner when idle? Sometimes I hear it spinning for a short bit, then silence for a long time, but other times it spins for quite a while.