I get "Input/Output Error" when trying to enable udma5 on hdd. The hdd itself (aspire one's 120GB SATA 5400rpm) supports udma5 (perhaps 6 too) and was running in udma5 under Windows XP without any trouble.

[Dimitar Dr. Mitzov]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -X udma5 /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: setting xfermode to 69 (UltraDMA mode5)
HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setxfermode) failed: Input/output error

root@Work:/home/ddm# su root@Work:/home/ddm# sdparm -X udma5 /dev/sda1 The program 'sdparm' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: apt-get install sdparm
bash: sdparm: command not found root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -i /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: Model=ST9120817AS , FwRev=3.AAA , SerialNo= 5RE0YA34 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=234441648 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode

root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -tT dev/sda1 dev/sda1: No such file or directory
root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -t dev/sda1 dev/sda1: No such file or directory
root@Work:/home/ddm# dev bash: dev: command not found
root@Work:/home/ddm# sda1 bash: sda1: command not found
root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -tT /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: Timing cached reads: 1212 MB in 2.00 seconds = 605.53 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 184 MB in 3.00 seconds = 61.30 MB/sec

root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -X udma5 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: setting xfermode to 69 (UltraDMA mode5) HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setxfermode) failed: Input/output error

root@Work:/home/ddm# root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -i /dev/ /dev/: Is a directory root@Work:/home/ddm# hdparm -i /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: Model=ST9120817AS , FwRev=3.AAA , SerialNo= 5RE0YA34 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=234441648 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4

 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
                                  (BUT ITS NOT!)
 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-4,5,6,7

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

that's not a gnome-terminal issue.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
Is this bug reproducible with the latest Lucid packages ?
Tanks in advance.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!