I also can confirm that after tearing out my hair fsck the disk fixes the problem. A longer write up is here: http://www.advogato.org/person/berend/diary/397.html
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607560 Title: jbd2 writing block every 5 - 10 seconds, preventing disk spin-down and making noise Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: jbd2 writes blocks to the hard disk every 5 seconds. This makes an annoying click/tick noise and prevents the disk from spinning down to conserve power. jbd2 appears in logs as several entries like... Jul 19 21:35:45 edge kernel: [ 3312.913759] jbd2/sda5-8(350): WRITE block 42280704 on sda5 ... and can be observed using iotop. Since the noise only occurs in Ubuntu and not in Windows 7 it is probably a software problem. The excessive writes may reduce the disk's lifespan. WORKAROUND: Adding commit=60 to the partition's entry in fstab increases the interval to 30-45 seconds. Threads covering this problem * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1489637 * https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=692073 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic-pae 2.6.32-23.37 Regression: No Reproducible: No ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic-pae 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: rcx 2456 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0800000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVIBX' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aa21bc,00100004 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 8 Date: Mon Jul 19 23:24:03 2010 Frequency: Every 5-10 seconds. HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ae276af8-b805-466a-a688-8d175cd3f2d7 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: LENOVO 05782AU ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae root=UUID=01d19f79-8c81-4da6-949d-db8f4d85b84a ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.utf8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1 SourcePackage: linux dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 80ET37WW (1.14 ) dmi.board.name: 05782AU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr80ET37WW(1.14):bd06/11/2010:svnLENOVO:pn05782AU:pvrThinkPadEdge:rvnLENOVO:rn05782AU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 05782AU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/607560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
