laptop-mode.conf unable to properly set preferences

Hardware: Asus 1015PX netbook (Ubuntu certified)
OS: Ubuntu 11.10
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some of the settings specified in laptop-mode.conf seem to be overridden by the settings stated in /usr/sbin/laptop_mode (which appear to be the default settings)

this is what happened:
i set SATA power management to 1 (on) in the .conf file, but every time i ran powertop, i found the SATA power management to be off, with a "bad" label next to it.

i checked /usr/sbin/laptop_mode and foud that SATA power management was set to 0. i manually set it to 1 and restarted latop-mode and then the hard drive started behaving as it should.

i edited all the missing settings and everything is fine, so far.

i hope this can be fixed soon.