Brian Green (NET) wrote:
> Hi All
> 

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> 
> I've recently upgraded to 10.3 with a full/new install from a previously
> fully functional 10.2 (no hardware changed during the upgrade).  I'm now
> getting a significant run of "ata3.00:exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr
> 0x0 action 0x2 frozen" error messages.
> 

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> 
> The relevant part of dmesg are (with **MANY** occurrences of):
> 
> "
> ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> ata3.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x1a data 255 in
>          res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
> ata3: soft resetting link
> ata3.00: configured for PIO0
> ata3: EH complete
> "
> 
> plus, the occasional:
> 
> "
> sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 00
> sr: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor]
> sr: Add. Sense: No additional sense information
> "
> 
> The configuration for the drive starts with "UDMA/33" and slowly
> deteriorates to "PIO0".
> 
> Following one prompt, in dmesg, I tried editing /etc/smartd.conf to
> uncomment "/dev/sda -a -d sat".  But no luck ... the "frozen" message
> continues ...
> 

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> 
> I'm lost for a solution ...
> 

I thought it was resolved (after "fsch.ext3" on my root partition - I
was without the error message for a very long time).  Then I did an
update and the "ata3.00: exception Emask ... frozen" messages have returned.

In an attempt to resolve it I've:

1) in the BIOS, disabled the SMART monitoring of the hard drive
2) fsch.ext3 all the partitions (as init 1 - the're all "clean")
3) checked all the partitions for badblocks (there's none)
4) even tried leaving a CD in my DVD drive ...

So, am I suffering from the "libata: constant ata1.00: exception Emask
0x2 SAct 0x3f00f SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen" - bug
(https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340126)?  Cristian says
that bug has been fixed in 2.6.22.15 - so I do wait for that (I'm
currently on 2.6.22.13).  Or, have I go some other bug/intolerance ...

Can somebody give me a starter/some pointers?

> 
> Cheers
> 
> Brian
> 

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