Hardware: Norhtec MicroClient JrMX (an i582 SoC based on Xcore86) with HD hooked up to SATA Kernel: compiled from source 2.6.36 #7 Wed Dec 8 22:05:03 EST 2010 i586 GNU/Linux Distro: Ubuntu 10.04 Symptoms: rare (once in tens of hours) freezes for arbitrary amounts of time during significant network and hard-drive activity
Suspecting this might be a HD problem, I switched to a spare HD (dd'ed the file system) only to find that the problem persists. Until today's miracle I didn't even have any output from my headless box, but today the box unfroze after almost *4 days* of being in the frozen state (I have logs that prove it, in addition to observations). First thing I did after I noticed that it came alive was dmesg and there was the error cited above in this bug report [ attached ]. I vaguely recollect that the freezes started with 10.04, although there were other problems before (network interface dying) [which prompted me to compile the kernels with hopes of newer network driver fixing things]. I will test with an earlier kernel and report back -- I apologize for not doing so before posting: wanted to get another vote out to this bug sooner rather than later. lspci [useless? the only possibly relevant entries are these, but there exists an SATA interface... ]: 00:00.0 Host bridge: RDC Semiconductor, Inc. R6021 Host Bridge (rev 02) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: RDC Semiconductor, Inc. Device 6036 00:0c.0 IDE interface: RDC Semiconductor, Inc. Device 1011 (rev 01) ** Attachment added: "dmesg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/569680/+attachment/1857115/+files/dmesg-freeze.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569680 Title: Hard disk write/read freezes for 10 seconds several times in session -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
