Let us keep the communication here as long this is not figgured out as duplicate.
You could test your system with the latest kernel and say if your problem is still there(kernel.log entries). But beware such is not tested, so your system may became unbootable. If you want to try, see #4 in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/965213 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BTW: I am have no experience with SSD´s, but I thing that this here should be filed against linux-generic and not gnome-disk-utility -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/958188 Title: SMART causes SSD to die with unhandled error code Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have an OCZ Petrol 128GB SSD, if I run S.M.A.R.T via gnome-disk- utility my system freezes because it remounts the drive read only. Checking my syslog I see a lot of "unhandled error code" messages. If I then do a soft reboot, the SSD is not detected in POST; I have to hard reset to see it again. This is my second OCZ Petrol, because the first one completely died in more-or-less the same manner: it stopped showing in POST. So, I fear it may be gnome-disk-utility causing this, and not two random failing drives. Here's an except from my syslog: Mar 17 15:36:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1006.816119] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen Mar 17 15:36:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1006.816127] ata4.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE Mar 17 15:36:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1006.816138] ata4.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 Mar 17 15:36:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1006.816141] res 40/00:00:01:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Mar 17 15:36:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1006.816157] ata4.00: status: { DRDY } Mar 17 15:36:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1006.816164] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 17 15:36:32 jupiter kernel: [ 1016.828031] ata4: softreset failed (device not ready) Mar 17 15:36:32 jupiter kernel: [ 1016.828041] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 17 15:36:42 jupiter kernel: [ 1026.840101] ata4: softreset failed (device not ready) Mar 17 15:36:42 jupiter kernel: [ 1026.840110] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 17 15:36:52 jupiter kernel: [ 1037.412109] ata4: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) Mar 17 15:37:17 jupiter kernel: [ 1061.884031] ata4: softreset failed (device not ready) Mar 17 15:37:17 jupiter kernel: [ 1061.884041] ata4: limiting SATA link speed to 3.0 Gbps Mar 17 15:37:17 jupiter kernel: [ 1061.884046] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072117] ata4: softreset failed (device not ready) Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072125] ata4: reset failed, giving up Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072130] ata4.00: disabled Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072146] ata4: EH complete Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072218] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072224] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072232] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 0b ab c0 c0 00 00 08 00 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072252] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 195805376 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072260] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 195805376 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072279] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072284] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072291] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 08 a7 e0 08 00 00 08 00 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072308] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 145219592 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072335] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072340] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072346] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 2a f1 d8 00 01 00 00 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072363] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 2814424 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072390] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072396] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072403] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 03 48 d2 20 00 00 20 00 Mar 17 15:37:22 jupiter kernel: [ 1067.072420] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 55104032 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 17 15:56:02 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/958188/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

