** Description changed: In Ubuntu Precise, the floppy disk drive's motor keeps running forever as soon as the floppy is accessed (say, by doing a "mdir a:" or a "fdformat /dev/fd0", or a "dd if=/dev/fd0 ..." ), and the floppy drive's activity LED stays lit. Only when the disk is removed from the drive, the drive stops. I'd expect the drive to stop spinning a few seconds after the access is finished. + + The accessing command returns normally and I can still access the drive. + The problem is purely the failure to deselect the drive and/or turn off + the drive motor line. This is a standard IRQ6/DMA2 floppy drive connected directly to the motherboard's built in FDC with a standard 34-wire ribbon floppy cable. The bug happens both with a normal 1.44MB drive and with a 1.2MB (5.25 inch) drive. The drives do not exhibit this problem in DOS or Windows running on the same physical hardware, and I do not remember having this problem in Oneiric either. If you need more info on my system than the automatically generated attachments provide, please ask. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: - **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** - card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 0: ctxfi [Front/WaveIn] - Subdevices: 1/1 - Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 + **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** + card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 0: ctxfi [Front/WaveIn] + Subdevices: 1/1 + Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: linards 1855 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: linards 1855 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: - Card hw:0 'XFi'/'Creative X-Fi 20K2 SB0880' - Mixer name : '20K2' - Components : '' - Controls : 27 - Simple ctrls : 10 + Card hw:0 'XFi'/'Creative X-Fi 20K2 SB0880' + Mixer name : '20K2' + Components : '' + Controls : 27 + Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Tue Apr 17 07:40:17 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e00a04d9-b055-49bd-a504-bba24c74df32 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) IwConfig: - lo no wireless extensions. - - teredo no wireless extensions. - - eth0 no wireless extensions. + lo no wireless extensions. + + teredo no wireless extensions. + + eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcFB: - + ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=efe722f2-6b46-4b17-90a8-889d655827be ro quiet gfxpayload=text nomodeset quiet gfxpayload=text nomodeset RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.79 + linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: - + SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-30 (17 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2104 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5B dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2104:bd03/09/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5B:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
** Description changed: In Ubuntu Precise, the floppy disk drive's motor keeps running forever as soon as the floppy is accessed (say, by doing a "mdir a:" or a "fdformat /dev/fd0", or a "dd if=/dev/fd0 ..." ), and the floppy drive's activity LED stays lit. Only when the disk is removed from the drive, the drive stops. I'd expect the drive to stop spinning a few seconds after the access is finished. - The accessing command returns normally and I can still access the drive. - The problem is purely the failure to deselect the drive and/or turn off - the drive motor line. + The accessing command returns normally and I can still access the drive + normally by giving another command afterwards. The problem is purely the + failure to deselect the drive and/or turn off the drive motor line. This is a standard IRQ6/DMA2 floppy drive connected directly to the motherboard's built in FDC with a standard 34-wire ribbon floppy cable. The bug happens both with a normal 1.44MB drive and with a 1.2MB (5.25 inch) drive. The drives do not exhibit this problem in DOS or Windows running on the same physical hardware, and I do not remember having this problem in Oneiric either. If you need more info on my system than the automatically generated attachments provide, please ask. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 0: ctxfi [Front/WaveIn] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: linards 1855 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'XFi'/'Creative X-Fi 20K2 SB0880' Mixer name : '20K2' Components : '' Controls : 27 Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Tue Apr 17 07:40:17 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e00a04d9-b055-49bd-a504-bba24c74df32 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. teredo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=efe722f2-6b46-4b17-90a8-889d655827be ro quiet gfxpayload=text nomodeset quiet gfxpayload=text nomodeset RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-30 (17 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2104 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5B dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2104:bd03/09/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5B:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/983681 Title: Floppy keeps running forever after every access To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/983681/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
