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* Please help. ICH6 chipset: dvd drive dies after a short time
@ 2007-10-15 21:39 John
  2007-10-18 17:12 ` h292
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: John @ 2007-10-15 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-ide


hi, on a friend's laptop, the DVD drive dies after a short while and
takes down the main HD's DMA down with it, hda has to be reinstantiated
with hdparm -d1 /dev/hda,   but hdb (DVD drive) cannot be revived.

tried with both kernel 2.6.17 and 2.6.22/23

here is a link to 50kB+ debug info: http://ied.com/linux_dying_dvd_1.txt
contents:
( uname -a; lspci; lspci -n; tail -600 /var/log/syslog; cd /proc ; head
-100 $( cd /proc ; find ide -type f  ) ; hdparm -iI /dev/hda /dev/hdb )
This contents was generated *after* the bug manifested, and manual
hdparm -d1 /dev/hda was issued.

What else should be in the contents to help you guys pinpoint the problem?

Should I include the 50kB+ contents inside this message, or is posting a
link better?
 
Can someone please suggest what to try to pass to kernel at boot to work
around, so the drive doesn't die? (If I absolutely had to, I would try
to recompile the kernel -- I haven't done that in a few years.)

 Thanks a bunch in advance,

    John


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* Re: Please help. ICH6 chipset: dvd drive dies after a short time
@ 2007-10-18 18:48 Vlad Codrea
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vlad Codrea @ 2007-10-18 18:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: h292; +Cc: linux-ide

Hi,

I would suggest doing the following things:

1) Download the latest kernel (2.6.23 or later).
2) Enable libata and disable ide in the kernel's .config file before
compiling.
3) Attach the dmesg to a new bug report in the kernel bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org).
4) Send a link to the bug report as a followup to this message.

Hope this helps,
Vlad


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