Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic
I'm experiencing random freezes on an Ubuntu 7.10 system installed on a
Acer AcerPower S290 computer. Every few hours or so, usually during disk
activity, most of the programs stop working. I am usually able to switch
to the text console and check dmesg, which shows:
ata3.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x40)
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block xxx
(repeats several times)
Aborting journal on device sda1.
EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal aborted
Remounting filesystem read-only
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Asking for cache data failed
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
...
Buffer I/O error on device sda1: logical block 0
The system has a SiS 5513 IDE/SATA controller and a SATA hard drive
(Western Digital). The drive seems to be fine, S.M.A.R.T. tests don't
report any problems. Therefore I'm suspecting the controller or the SiS
kernel driver.
Please note that this is not the same problem than e.g. bug #133666
(SATA drive not found during boot, same failed to set xfermode error
message). In my case, the drive is found perfectly fine during the boot
and Ubuntu installation went okay (already did that two times). I don't
know any exact method how to repeat the problem, it just happens
randomly, sometimes after 5 minutes, sometimes after 5 hours of use.
I tried to give the "irqpoll" option to the kernel as suggested for a
solution to the "SATA drive not found on boot with SiS chipset" problem,
but it didn't have any effect. I've also run memtest which didn't report
any problems.
Any ideas what to try next?
Regards,
Arto
** Affects: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Random freezes, probably sata and sis 5513 related
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173477
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