My system just crashed again but this time I managed to get more pertinent information. I was copying a dozen files from one directory to another on the same drive and each file was between 1 and 1.5 Gigs.
The log gets interesting at about here. Jan 17 21:10:01 cheetah /USR/SBIN/CRON[1582]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Jan 17 21:21:22 cheetah kernel: [133502.677037] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133502.677052] ata1.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 pio 16392 in Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133502.677053] cdb 4a 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133502.677055] res 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133502.677058] ata1.00: status: { DRDY } Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133502.677080] ata1: soft resetting link Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133503.032279] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x1f01f->0x701f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133503.032289] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x701f->0x701f, BIOS=0x7000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x701f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133503.064203] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133503.080203] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:21:30 cheetah kernel: [133503.080226] ata1: EH complete ^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@^@a1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.093053] ata1.01: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 tag 0 Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.093054] cdb 1e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.093056] res 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.093059] ata1.01: status: { DRDY } Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.093081] ata1: soft resetting link Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.448275] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x1f01f->0x701f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.448284] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x701f->0x701f, BIOS=0x7000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x701f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.480201] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.496233] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:21:32 cheetah kernel: [133513.496251] ata1: EH complete Jan 17 21:21:42 cheetah kernel: [133523.497066] ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen Jan 17 21:21:42 cheetah kernel: [133523.497080] ata1.01: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 tag 0 Jan 17 21:21:42 cheetah kernel: [133523.497082] cdb 1e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Jan 17 21:21:42 cheetah kernel: [133523.497083] res 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Jan 17 21:21:42 cheetah kernel: [133523.497087] ata1.01: status: { DRDY } Jan 17 21:21:42 cheetah kernel: [133523.497110] ata1: soft resetting link Jan 17 21:21:43 cheetah kernel: [133523.852304] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x1f01f->0x701f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:21:43 cheetah kernel: [133523.852314] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x701f->0x701f, BIOS=0x7000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x701f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:21:43 cheetah kernel: [133523.884226] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:21:43 cheetah kernel: [133523.900468] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:21:43 cheetah kernel: [133523.900491] ata1: EH complete Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133553.901042] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133553.901057] ata1.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133553.901058] cdb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133553.901060] res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133553.901064] ata1.00: status: { DRDY } Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133553.901087] ata1: soft resetting link Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133554.256275] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x1f01f->0x701f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133554.256285] ata1: nv_mode_filter: 0x701f&0x701f->0x701f, BIOS=0x7000 (0xc5c00000) ACPI=0x701f (30:60:0x1f) Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133554.288286] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133554.305501] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 17 21:22:13 cheetah kernel: [133554.305526] ata1: EH complete Jan 17 21:22:17 cheetah kernel: [133558.453003] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 61s! [cp:2907] See attached file for the full log. ** Attachment added: "syslog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21301477/syslog -- SATA timeout during heavy disk activity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309901 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs