Stephen, try badblocks -wvs /dev/sda to make check your drive in read-write mode
2009/12/11 Stephen O <sogles...@yahoo.com> > I had not zeroed my drive prior to installing Fedora 12 so I attempted to > follow Andrew's suggestion (#91). Unfortunately every time I try dd > if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (which is definitely my 32GB SSD) I get the > following error: > dd: writing to '/dev/sda': Input/output error > 676065+0 records in > 676064+0 records out > 346144768 byte (346 MB) copied, 82.0451 s, 4.2 MB/s > > It's always 346MB, never more nor less. Has my drive fallen victim to > this bug and been damaged in some way? > > -- > SSD stall during boot > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445852 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > In the Karmic beta I experience ssd stalls during the boot process. It > happens almost everytime before xsplash loads and happens again frequently > between logging into gdm and the desktop loading. When it happens during > login I think it is making gnome time out on loading panel items as I get > errors related to lots of panel items failing to load. If I log out and > back in again when the ssd isn't stalled the panel items load fine. > > When it happens the following messages appear before xplash (or in dmesg > when it happens after gdm): > > ata2: lost interrupt (Status 0x58) > ata2: drained 16384 bytes to clear DRQ. > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > ata2.00: BMDMA stat 0x4 > ata2.00: cmd c8/00:40:cb:60:32/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 32768 in > res 58/00:40:cb:60:32/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) > ata2.00: status: { DRDY DRQ } > ata2: soft resetting link > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/66 > ata2: EH complete > > I did not have this issue in jaunty with this hardware and I don't think it > has happened once the system is fully loaded. I am running karmic unr on an > Acer Aspire One netbook. > > ProblemType: Bug > AplayDevices: > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Architecture: i386 > ArecordDevices: > **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC0: luke 1990 F.... pulseaudio > CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x58540000 irq 16' > Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268' > Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,1025015b,00100101' > Controls : 9 > Simple ctrls : 6 > CheckboxSubmission: 12ef539f3788bfbc46bc56b5c28128a6 > CheckboxSystem: c69722ecac764861be52925fa50b4dcc > Date: Wed Oct 7 17:54:56 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8d44b89b-2edb-4c02-a4be-94bd25b65081 > MachineType: Acer AOA110 > Package: linux-image-2.6.31-12-generic 2.6.31-12.40 > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-12-generic > root=UUID=039a096e-3486-4898-9eeb-44a705f8b7fd ro quiet splash elevator=noop > usbcore.autosuspend=1 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic > RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.21 > RfKill: > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: no > Hard blocked: no > SourcePackage: linux > Tags: ubuntu-unr > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686 > XsessionErrors: > (gnome-settings-daemon:2006): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: > assertion `src != NULL' failed > (gnome-settings-daemon:2006): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: > assertion `src != NULL' failed > (nautilus:2092): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion > `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed > (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2118): GLib-CRITICAL **: > g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed > (gnome-panel:2048): Gdk-WARNING **: > /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.2/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a > pixmap or window > dmi.bios.date: 10/06/2008 > dmi.bios.vendor: Acer > dmi.bios.version: v0.3309 > dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag > dmi.board.vendor: Acer > dmi.board.version: Base Board Version > dmi.chassis.type: 1 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer > dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv0.3309:bd10/06/2008:svnAcer:pnAOA110:pvr1:rvnAcer:rn:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion: > dmi.product.name: AOA110 > dmi.product.version: 1 > dmi.sys.vendor: Acer > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/445852/+subscribe > -- SSD stall during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445852 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