Comment 13 for bug 297058

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Ramon Buckland (ramon-thebuckland) wrote : Re: [Bug 297058] Re: Consistent repeating [ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient ]

Hi Leann,

I am downloading it this evening and will take a look. I'll let you know.

Ramon

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 22:50, Leann Ogasawara <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Hi Roman,
>
> Since you are the original bug reporter, would you be willing to test
> the latest Karmic 9.10 Alpha release and confirm if this issue remains?
> ISO CD images can be found at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/
> . Please let us know your results. If the issue remains, can you
> attach an updated dmesg output? Thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Consistent repeating [ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient ]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297058
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I have a Dell Latitude D630.
>
> With Ubuntu 8.04 and now with 8.10 I consistently receive the following
> error message(s).
>
> Currently I am running an Hitachi 80GB SATA drive, I have also tried a
> Seagate 80G and another Hitachi 80G hard drive and all seem to exhibit the
> problem.
>
> Nov 12 12:01:57 itasca kernel: [ 1226.128187] ata1: link is slow to
> respond, please be patient (ready=0)
> Nov 12 12:02:02 itasca kernel: [ 1231.112167] ata1: device not ready
> (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
> Nov 12 12:02:02 itasca kernel: [ 1231.112191] ata1: soft resetting link
> Nov 12 12:02:02 itasca kernel: [ 1231.292629] ata1.00: configured for PIO3
> Nov 12 12:02:02 itasca kernel: [ 1231.292662] ata1: EH complete
> Nov 12 12:08:27 itasca kernel: [ 1616.132171] ata1: link is slow to
> respond, please be patient (ready=0)
> Nov 12 12:08:32 itasca kernel: [ 1621.116175] ata1: device not ready
> (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
> Nov 12 12:08:32 itasca kernel: [ 1621.116199] ata1: soft resetting link
> Nov 12 12:08:32 itasca kernel: [ 1621.296651] ata1.00: configured for PIO3
> Nov 12 12:08:32 itasca kernel: [ 1621.296684] ata1: EH complete
> Nov 12 12:11:43 itasca kernel: [ 1812.128172] ata1: link is slow to
> respond, please be patient (ready=0)
> Nov 12 12:11:48 itasca kernel: [ 1817.112176] ata1: device not ready
> (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
> Nov 12 12:11:48 itasca kernel: [ 1817.112202] ata1: soft resetting link
> Nov 12 12:11:48 itasca kernel: [ 1817.292446] ata1.00: configured for PIO3
> Nov 12 12:11:48 itasca kernel: [ 1817.292462] ata1: EH complete
> Nov 12 12:13:03 itasca kernel: [ 1892.128178] ata1: link is slow to
> respond, please be patient (ready=0)
> Nov 12 12:13:08 itasca kernel: [ 1897.120164] ata1: device not ready
> (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
> Nov 12 12:13:08 itasca kernel: [ 1897.120187] ata1: soft resetting link
> Nov 12 12:13:08 itasca kernel: [ 1897.300640] ata1.00: configured for PIO3
> Nov 12 12:13:08 itasca kernel: [ 1897.300671] ata1: EH complete
> Nov 12 12:15:11 itasca kernel: [ 2020.069207] ata1.00: limiting speed to
> PIO0
> Nov 12 12:15:16 itasca kernel: [ 2025.108176] ata1: link is slow to
> respond, please be patient (ready=0)
> Nov 12 12:15:21 itasca kernel: [ 2030.092169] ata1: device not ready
> (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
> Nov 12 12:15:21 itasca kernel: [ 2030.092194] ata1: soft resetting link
> Nov 12 12:15:21 itasca kernel: [ 2030.272660] ata1.00: configured for PIO0
> Nov 12 12:15:21 itasca kernel: [ 2030.272690] ata1: EH complete
>
>
> The message repeats approximately every 2 minutes.
>
> I hoped that upgrading to 8.10 would resolve the issue but it has not, with
> the same problem seen when I ran 8.04
>
> rbuckland@itasca:~$ uname -a
> Linux itasca 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
> rbuckland@itasca:~$ cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu
> 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008
>
>
> rbuckland@itasca:~$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
> Controller Hub (rev 0c)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
> Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #5 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
> 1 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
> 2 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port
> 6 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE
> Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
> SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
> 02)
> 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge (rev 21)
> 03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
> 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M
> Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
> [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
>
>
> There does not seem to be any consensus on what causes this issue, or how
> to resolve it. There is a lot of similarities to other bugs posted.
>
> Things which have been tried
> - change BIOS to AHCI from ATA (for the controller)
> - upgrade the BIOS to the latest from Dell (July 2008)
> - have a CD in the drive
>
>
> Regards
> Ramon
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16
> ProcCmdLine: root=LABEL=ithaca ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/jdk/bin:/opt/apache-maven/bin:/opt/eclipse
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.16-generic
> SourcePackage: linux
>