A similar problem is happening again with kernel 2.6.20-14. Here is a snippet of the syslog:
Apr 6 12:25:40 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.061645] ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2 Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.225631] ata2.01: configured for MWDMA2 Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.225659] ata2: EH complete Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.226347] ata2: DRQ=1 with device error, dev_stat 0x59 Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.226377] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.226386] ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.226387] res 51/20:03:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x3 (HSM violation) Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.226422] ata2: soft resetting port Apr 6 12:25:41 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 482.873238] ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2 Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.037199] ata2.01: configured for MWDMA2 Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.037228] ata2: EH complete Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.190366] ata2: DRQ=1 with device error, dev_stat 0x59 Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.190399] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.190408] ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.190410] res 51/20:03:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x3 (HSM violation) Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.190437] ata2: soft resetting port Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 483.836886] ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2 Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 484.000779] ata2.01: configured for MWDMA2 Apr 6 12:25:42 UbuntuDesktop kernel: [ 484.000800] ata2: EH complete Please tell me if you need more information. -- kernel.log syslog filling up with repeated ata2 and cdrom messages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95105 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs