well, lately i updated my edgy box and the stable kernel wasn't stable anymore.
I finally spotted (i guess) which software messed it up: *hal *libhal-storage1 *hal-device-manager *libhal1 stables version for me are: hal_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb hal-device-manager_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_all.deb libhal-storage1_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb libhal1_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb josé, you might be able to get thos from ftp://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu hope this helps -- ata_piix problem with Intel ICH7 chipset https://launchpad.net/bugs/53754 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs