On 06/17/2008 10:25:46 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I'm running Fedora 8 and my system freezes (for about 20 to 40 > seconds) a > couple of times a day. When it does I see this on /var/log/messages: > > ------------------------------- cut here > ------------------------------------- > > kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 > frozen > kernel: ata3.00: cmd ca/00:50:67:85:03/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma > 40960 out > kernel: res 40/00:00:76:6c:03/84:00:10:00:00/e0 Emask 0x4 > (timeout) > kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY } > kernel: ata3: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status > 0xd0) > kernel: ata3: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset > kernel: ata3: soft resetting link > kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/33 > kernel: ata3: EH complete > kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 321672960 512-byte hardware sectors (164697 > MB) > kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, > doesn't > support DPO or FUA > > ------------------------------- cut here > ------------------------------------- > > /dev/sdc is my main drive. The only thing I can think of...is that > this drive > is actually a PATA drive connected to the SATA controller on MoBo > thru > > a "SATA-TO-IDE Adapter" that I connect on the drive. Perhaps the > converter is > faulty...or could this be a known issue with libata? Anyone had same > problem? I have _exactly_ the same problem. Here's the output from smartctl -- all. I'd be delighted to do any (non-destructive!) testing that might be useful. ============ smartctl --all smartctl version 5.38 [i386-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 series Device Model: ST910021A Serial Number: 3MH08Q1W Firmware Version: 3.04 User Capacity: 100,030,242,816 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Tue Jun 17 14:41:18 2008 PDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 426) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 111) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x0001) SCT Status supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 052 040 006 Pre-fail Always - 130929108 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 094 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always - 1648 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 075 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 38477626 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 2388 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 034 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always - 1646 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 068 053 045 Old_age Always - 32 (Lifetime Min/Max 26/32) 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 788 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 198133 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 032 047 000 Old_age Always - 32 (0 13 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 050 044 000 Old_age Always - 96189138 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime (hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 276 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 262 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list