Howdie, fellow Debianites! Do I have to start worrying because of the following messages?
[183236.574344] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x80002 action 0x6 frozen [183236.574352] ata1: SError: { RecovComm 10B8B } [183236.574360] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:1e:a6:59/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in [183236.574362] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) [183236.574366] ata1.00: status: { DRDY } [183236.574373] ata1: hard resetting link [183236.894361] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [183236.894709] ata1.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd [183236.895103] ata1.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd [183236.895106] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 [183236.895117] ata1: EH complete [183236.911503] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB) [183236.914487] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [183236.914492] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [183236.919286] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA The drive is less than 2 years old. The related lspci lines: 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA (This is in a HP Compaq 6715b laptop). If it's of any help, this is the output of my hdparm -iI /dev/sda: /dev/sda: Model=ST9160821AS , FwRev=3.BHE , SerialNo=5MA73N5K Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=312581808 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST9160821AS Serial Number: 5MA73N5K Firmware Revision: 3.BHE Standards: Supported: 7 6 5 4 Likely used: 8 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808 device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = ? Advanced power management level: 254 Recommended acoustic management value: 254, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * Advanced Power Management feature set * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test * IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Phy event counters Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count supported: enhanced erase 88min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 88min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Checksum: correct TIA and sorry for the long post! -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org