The TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632D has a firmware bug. Solutions discussed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/75295/comments/97
The following are indicators of this problem: "[ 1430.749371] ata1: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0)" see wjpwu dmesg above (message a little different pre-hardy). & most people also report a freeze cycle of about 5 seconds with a very short period of un-freeze (for feisty & gutsy - not sure about hardy). This is a duplicate of Bug #75295 but for Hardy. The upstream report should be closed (unless someone is building a workaround - unlikely). I have been using the TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632D cross-flashed with Samsung SC03 firmware (from ASUS AS05 firmware) for 9 months without re- occurrence of issue. -- TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632D - timeout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228540 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-utils in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
