Public bug reported: First tried to open up home directory (with nautilus), the USB disk won't open. Closed both windows, then tried the USB disk first, then the home directory wouldn't open. Then tried a dist-upgrade, but it hung on updating grub. Due to the dmesg messages I think this is a kernel problem.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1450 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: david 1450 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'VirMIDI'/'Virtual MIDI Card 1' Mixer name : '' Components : '' Controls : 0 Simple ctrls : 0 Card0.Amixer.values: Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Juli'/'ESI Juli@ at 0xcf00, irq 21' Mixer name : 'ICE1724 - multitrack' Components : '' Controls : 36 Simple ctrls : 14 Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1458e601,00100001' Controls : 39 Simple ctrls : 21 Card3.Amixer.info: Card hw:3 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdffc000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card3.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Thu Apr 28 13:44:30 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bb4f6961-6d62-4f7d-9402-a451881cd3b1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110322.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770T-UD3P ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=sv_SE:en LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=d4ae0879-c430-4a04-8a2a-1e545c02f37e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F2 dmi.board.name: GA-MA770T-UD3P dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd06/24/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA770T-UD3P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA770T-UD3P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: GA-MA770T-UD3P dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772306 Title: Hung on (USB?) disk access -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs