Continuously attempting to read floppy drive

[Matt Layman]

I just updated my karmic kernel to whatever is the latest as of June 20, 2009 and now my computer is continuously trying to read from my floppy drive.

It produces a constant "clicking" from the floppy drive (presumably as the drive keeps moving). Note: there is no floppy disk in the drive. A sampling of my syslog shows the following:

Jun 20 15:29:44 babylon kernel: [ 643.608032] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:46 babylon kernel: [ 645.608064] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:48 babylon kernel: [ 647.612032] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:50 babylon kernel: [ 649.608032] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:52 babylon kernel: [ 651.608042] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:54 babylon kernel: [ 653.608063] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:56 babylon kernel: [ 655.608031] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jun 20 15:29:58 babylon kernel: [ 657.608031] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

I watched the syslog and the messages line up with the clicking like clockwork.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jun 20 15:25:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=760639b9-5299-4e55-9183-4ec48a145c4c
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX240
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-9-generic 2.6.30-9.10
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=f5f819a9-512c-4930-bcd0-cf168e56336b ro quiet splash quiet
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-9.10-generic
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-backports-modules-2.6.30-9-generic N/A
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-9-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 03/01/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: OptiPlex GX240
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA03:bd03/01/2002:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX240:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnOptiPlexGX240:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX240
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation

[Nicholas Roberts (nicholasdavidroberts)]

I have just upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 on 20th June and can confirm this bug exactly as described. I tried putting a floppy in the drive and the system appeared to read it a few times and then hung completely (needed a power cycle).

[Nicholas Roberts (nicholasdavidroberts)]

Apologies - I forgot to mention that my machine is also a Dell OptiPlex GX240.