From: Arthur Marsh on
Hi, I've had sporadic problems with errors such as the following:

Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192331] ata1: lost interrupt
(Status 0x50)
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192467] ata1.00: exception
Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192510] ata1.00: failed
command: WRITE DMA EXT
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192579] ata1.00: cmd
35/00:08:22:5e:00/00:00:14:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 out
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192594] res
40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/10 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192628] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192763] ata1: soft resetting link
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.392871] ata1.00: configured for
UDMA/33
Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.409520] ata1.01: configured for
UDMA/33

Aug 2 05:18:57 victoria kernel: [617275.303057] ata1: lost interrupt
(Status 0x50)
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303196] ata1.00: exception
Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303239] ata1.00: failed
command: READ DMA EXT
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303309] ata1.00: cmd
25/00:08:d2:2a:79/00:00:13:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303324] res
40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/10 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303357] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303492] ata1: soft resetting link
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.499876] ata1.00: configured for
UDMA/33
Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.515681] ata1.01: configured for
UDMA/33

The machine then locks up and the power has to be disconnected before
the power button can restart the machine.

I haven't found where ata1.00 and ata1.01 are defined as the primary and
secondary IDE controllers, although I assume ata1.00 is the primary
controller and ata1.01 is the secondary controller.

This problem appears related to the pc being in a cool environment (e.g.
10 degrees Celsius), and has occurred almost daily for a while then not
occurring for nearly a week.

The machine is old (1998 era 440BX with PII-266) but has otherwise been
reliable.

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec (formerly DPT) SmartCache/Raid
I-IV Controller (rev 02)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
00:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
9200 SE] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]
(Secondary) (rev 01)

Any suggestions for pinpointing this problem welcome.

Arthur.


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From: Gerald on
Arthur,
try testing your memory with memtest,
I have had similar problems and bad memory was the problem.
Gerald


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From: Jordon Bedwell on
On 8/1/2010 6:32 PM, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Hi, I've had sporadic problems with errors such as the following:
> This problem appears related to the pc being in a cool environment (e.g.
> 10 degrees Celsius), and has occurred almost daily for a while then not
> occurring for nearly a week.
> Any suggestions for pinpointing this problem welcome.

As somebody else pointed out, try running memtest to see if you have
memory issues, and while it might drive you nuts, try another Linux
distro to test it out and see if you have the same problems, this does
sound like perhaps your board might be going bad.


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From: Greg Madden on
On Sunday 01 August 2010 15:32:56 Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Hi, I've had sporadic problems with errors such as the following:
>
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192331] ata1: lost interrupt
> (Status 0x50)
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192467] ata1.00: exception
> Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192510] ata1.00: failed
> command: WRITE DMA EXT
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192579] ata1.00: cmd
> 35/00:08:22:5e:00/00:00:14:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 out
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192594] res
> 40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/10 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192628] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.192763] ata1: soft resetting link
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.392871] ata1.00: configured for
> UDMA/33
> Aug 2 05:09:10 victoria kernel: [616687.409520] ata1.01: configured for
> UDMA/33
>
> Aug 2 05:18:57 victoria kernel: [617275.303057] ata1: lost interrupt
> (Status 0x50)
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303196] ata1.00: exception
> Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303239] ata1.00: failed
> command: READ DMA EXT
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303309] ata1.00: cmd
> 25/00:08:d2:2a:79/00:00:13:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303324] res
> 40/00:00:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/10 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303357] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.303492] ata1: soft resetting link
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.499876] ata1.00: configured for
> UDMA/33
> Aug 2 05:18:58 victoria kernel: [617275.515681] ata1.01: configured for
> UDMA/33
>
> The machine then locks up and the power has to be disconnected before
> the power button can restart the machine.
>
> I haven't found where ata1.00 and ata1.01 are defined as the primary and
> secondary IDE controllers, although I assume ata1.00 is the primary
> controller and ata1.01 is the secondary controller.
>
> This problem appears related to the pc being in a cool environment (e.g.
> 10 degrees Celsius), and has occurred almost daily for a while then not
> occurring for nearly a week.
>
> The machine is old (1998 era 440BX with PII-266) but has otherwise been
> reliable.
>
> # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
> bridge (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
> bridge (rev 02)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> 00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec (formerly DPT) SmartCache/Raid
> I-IV Controller (rev 02)
> 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
> 00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
> 00:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev
> 04) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
> 9200 SE] (rev 01)
> 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]
> (Secondary) (rev 01)
>
> Any suggestions for pinpointing this problem welcome.
>
> Arthur.

Test your hard drive with 'smartmontools'

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Greg


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