DJA wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
On 5/10/05, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I told mozilla to do a search of my email messages and it seemed to
freeze and the entire system was *very* sluggish. After trying several
things, I finally did [Ctrl][L-Alt][1] where I saw a login prompt. But
before I even had a chance to begin to log in, I started getting an
error message that kept repeating about once per second. [L-Alt][2]
showed the same thing as did 3 and 4 (where I gave up). I had managed
to get the detailed system monitor running in the GUI, so I switched
back over to that and killed mozilla.
Responsiveness returned and the
error message was no longer repeating. Here's the error (assuming that
I copied it correctly since I could not figure out how to cut and paste
from console 1 to the GUI):
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22206449,
high=1, low=5429333, sector=84880
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 84880
Does this suggest that there is something wrong with my HDD? Should I
just disable dma (or just cripple it)?
Suggests to me that you have a bad (uncorrectable) error in at least
one sector on your HDD. Back up anything valuable (not replaceable by
reinstalling the system) to some other place not on that drive.
Consider replacing the drive. As a stopgap, you could try "mke2fs -c"
which will wipe out everything but also check for bad blocks. But
consider that the drive is on its way out.
carl
Not so quick. Lots of motherboards (in fact most) have bugs in their
HDD controllers and chipsets affecting DMA.
Like Carl said, first back up your data. But before you go wiping the
drive, here are a few other things I would do (especially important if
you are running an AMD CPU:
(No AMD CPU here.)
Interesting thing while trying to do my backup. /root did fine. /home
however did not. Here is what showed on screen:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp --no-dereference --preserve=all -r /root
/mnt/backup/root
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp --no-dereference --preserve=all -r /home
/mnt/backup/home
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Trash':
Input/output
error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Sent':
Input/output error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Inbox.sbd/kplug':
Input/output error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Inbox.sbd/friends,
clients.sbd/Debi': Input/output error
cp: reading `/home/rafael/image.iso': Input/output error
cp: reading `/home/dick/.mozilla/default/54yvz4u7.slt/history.dat':
Input/output error
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp --no-dereference --preserve=all -r /home
/mnt/backup/home2
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Trash':
Input/output
error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Sent':
Input/output error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Inbox.sbd/kplug':
Input/output error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Inbox.sbd/friends,
clients.sbd/Debi': Input/output error
cp: reading `/home/rafael/image.iso': Input/output error
cp: reading `/home/dick/.mozilla/default/54yvz4u7.slt/history.dat':
Input/output error
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp --no-dereference --preserve=all -r /home
/mnt/backup/home2
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Trash':
Input/output
error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Sent':
Input/output error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Inbox.sbd/kplug':
Input/output error
cp: reading
`/home/rafael/.mozilla/default/7e24yqdj.slt/Mail/mail.cwnet.com/Inbox.sbd/friends,
clients.sbd/Debi': Input/output error
cp: reading `/home/rafael/image.iso': Input/output error
cp: reading `/home/dick/.mozilla/default/54yvz4u7.slt/history.dat':
Input/output error
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
Each time it ran, it gave the same exact errors. After I did /root,
/home, and the first /home2, I ran "dmesg > dmesg". And after I did the
second /home2, I ran "dmesg > dmesg2". Here they are:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rafael]$ ll dme*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rafael rafael 11321 May 30 15:56 dmesg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rafael rafael 12633 May 30 16:01 dmesg2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rafael]$
The errors are generally consistent, though not completely. Here are
the applicable lines from the second dmesg I ran:
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22537635,
high=1, low=5760419, sector=416056
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 416056
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22537635,
high=1, low=5760419, sector=416064
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 416064
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22536683,
high=1, low=5759467, sector=415112
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 415112
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22536683,
high=1, low=5759467, sector=415112
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 415112
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22556182,
high=1, low=5778966, sector=434608
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 434608
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22556182,
high=1, low=5778966, sector=434608
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 434608
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22197553,
high=1, low=5420337, sector=75984
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 75984
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22197553,
high=1, low=5420337, sector=75984
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 75984
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22842516,
high=1, low=6065300, sector=720928
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 720928
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22842516,
high=1, low=6065300, sector=720936
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 720936
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22842516,
high=1, low=6065300, sector=720944
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 720944
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22555231,
high=1, low=5778015, sector=433656
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 433656
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22555231,
high=1, low=5778015, sector=433656
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 433656
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22537635,
high=1, low=5760419, sector=416064
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 416064
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22536683,
high=1, low=5759467, sector=415112
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 415112
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22556182,
high=1, low=5778966, sector=434608
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 434608
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22197553,
high=1, low=5420337, sector=75984
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 75984
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22555231,
high=1, low=5778015, sector=433656
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 433656
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22537635,
high=1, low=5760419, sector=416064
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 416064
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22536683,
high=1, low=5759467, sector=415112
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 415112
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22556182,
high=1, low=5778966, sector=434608
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 434608
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22197553,
high=1, low=5420337, sector=75984
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 75984
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22842516,
high=1, low=6065300, sector=720944
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 720944
hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=22555231,
high=1, low=5778015, sector=433656
end_request: I/O error, dev 21:06 (hde), sector 433656
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rafael]$
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