I have the same problems. The error comes from unused SATA ports. This bug seems similar, but fixed ages ago: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/269652
Mar 1 20:18:10 leopold kernel: [ 6254.304027] ata1: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:10 leopold kernel: [ 6254.304036] ata1: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:10 leopold kernel: [ 6254.604172] ata2: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:10 leopold kernel: [ 6254.604180] ata2: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:12 leopold kernel: [ 6255.876016] ata1: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:12 leopold kernel: [ 6255.876024] ata1: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:12 leopold kernel: [ 6256.164027] ata2: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:12 leopold kernel: [ 6256.164036] ata2: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:13 leopold kernel: [ 6257.440020] ata1: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:13 leopold kernel: [ 6257.440028] ata1: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:14 leopold kernel: [ 6257.732029] ata2: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:14 leopold kernel: [ 6257.732038] ata2: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:15 leopold kernel: [ 6259.004016] ata1: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:15 leopold kernel: [ 6259.004025] ata1: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:15 leopold kernel: [ 6259.292025] ata2: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:15 leopold kernel: [ 6259.292033] ata2: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:16 leopold kernel: [ 6260.576029] ata1: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:16 leopold kernel: [ 6260.576039] ata1: EH complete Mar 1 20:18:17 leopold kernel: [ 6260.852025] ata2: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up Mar 1 20:18:17 leopold kernel: [ 6260.852034] ata2: EH complete Linux leopold 2.6.28-8-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 25 04:27:53 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) 00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2) 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Serial ATA Controller (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) 02:08.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 7xxx/8xxx-series PATA/SATA-RAID (rev 01) 02:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev 46) -- [jaunty] endless repeating messages in sys log about kernel ata https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333874 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