The workaround did the trick for me too. I hadn't suffered any corruption but I was comsidering going back to Jaunty and I am pleased not to have to.
Simon Sent from My iPhone On 16 Dec 2009, at 14:28, Gav Mack <gavin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > @Andrew Simpson: Many thanks for the instructions. The workaround has > dropped my boot time from always over 2 minutes to 30 seconds, what I > was expecting back in late September when I installed the Beta with > the > Super Talent SSD! Almost 3 months of woe now at an end thank > goodness. > Recreated my user account from scratch because after further > investigation my other half thought it was a good idea to delete the > timed out applets including window-picker so I couldn't put them back > again! > > -- > devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM Violations on SSD, and > potential hardware death > 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 “devicekit-disks” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “libatasmart” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > TEMPORARY WORK AROUND FOR THIS PROBLEM: > > 1. sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/95-devkit-disks.rules > > 2. locate the following lines (about 1/3 the way into the file; > search for "smart") > > # ATA disks driven by libata > KERNEL=="sd*[!0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="0", ENV{ID_BUS}=="ata", ENV > {DEVTYPE}=="disk", IMPORT{program}="devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart > $tempnode" > > 3. comment out the second line by adding a # in front, so you should > have > > # ATA disks driven by libata > #KERNEL=="sd*[!0-9]", ATTR{removable}=="0", ENV{ID_BUS}=="ata", ENV > {DEVTYPE}=="disk", IMPORT{program}="devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart > $tempnode" > > 4. save the file and reboot > > > BUG DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS: > > 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 -- devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM Violations on SSD, and potential hardware death 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
