ata1 slow to respond

[chantra]

hi,

I've trouble with my sata drives which hangs by times. I first thought it was due to the kernel, but after some time I finally found that this is due to hal.

This bug was first assigned to linux-source-2.6.15. you can get the thread from:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/53754

cheers

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

How did you come to the conclusion that it's due to hal? Does it get better if you stop hal? If so, does the log show anything?

[chantra (chantra)]

well, while I was using edgy I found out that
taken from https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/53754/comments/20

## begin ##
well, lately i updated my edgy box and the stable kernel wasn't stable anymore.

I finally spotted (i guess) which software messed it up:
*hal
*libhal-storage1
*hal-device-manager
*libhal1

stables version for me are:
hal_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
hal-device-manager_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_all.deb
libhal-storage1_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
libhal1_0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
## end ##

But using that version of hal, cdrom drive did not get mounted automatically anymore

another interesting point, that work for me as well:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/53754/comments/26

today, after 4 hours uptime, it happened only once or twice.
Attach to this comment, you will find dmesg output related to the freezes

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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