2.6.20-15-generic exhibits the same errors
[ 283.180000] ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen [ 283.180000] ata1.01: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/b0 tag 0 cdb 0x1e data 0 [ 283.180000] res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) [ 290.184000] ata1: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0) [ 313.200000] ata1: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0) [ 313.200000] ata1: soft resetting port [ 313.544000] ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 78140160, hpa_sectors = 78140160 [ 313.552000] ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 78140160, hpa_sectors = 78140160 [ 313.552000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 [ 313.732000] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33 [ 313.732000] ata1: EH complete [ 313.740000] SCSI device sda: 78140160 512-byte hdwr sectors (40008 MB) [ 313.740000] sda: Write Protect is off [ 313.740000] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 314.156000] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 314.160000] SCSI device sda: 78140160 512-byte hdwr sectors (40008 MB) [ 314.160000] sda: Write Protect is off [ 314.160000] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 314.160000] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA -- Hard disk I/O randomly freezes when hald is running and optical drive is empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84603 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs