Am Dienstag, den 17.06.2008, 13:25 -0400 schrieb Jorge Fábregas: > 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? > > Thanks, > Jorge Many months ago I had the exact same output. Lots of google voodo and try and error solved it. My issue was that on one outlet of the power supply there where to many (3) drives connected. After recabling all went away. Others claimed that they got rid of the problem be refitting the sata cables. Henry -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list