Comment 3 for bug 381777

I do have the same problem, and also with the same chipset:

Using Jaunty 9.04
Kernel Linux 2.6.28-12-generic
Chipset: SiS 182/965 (same as brunolabs)

I thouhgt it was my tvtunner at the beginning, but looking at the dmesg I saw it was a problem with the SATA devices:

[ 2.592505] sata_sis 0000:00:05.0: version 1.0
[ 2.592574] sata_sis 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2.592628] sata_sis 0000:00:05.0: Detected SiS 182/965 chipset
[ 2.592843] scsi0 : sata_sis
[ 2.593025] scsi1 : sata_sis
[ 2.593134] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xfd00 ctl 0xfc00 bmdma 0xf900 irq 17
[ 2.593187] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xfb00 ctl 0xfa00 bmdma 0xf908 irq 17
[ 2.912065] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 2.912122] ata1: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 2.912172] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 12.912061] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 12.912117] ata1: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 12.912167] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 22.912060] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 22.912117] ata1: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 22.912166] ata1: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 35 secs
[ 57.592016] ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 57.912060] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 57.912117] ata1: link online but device misclassified, device detection might fail
[ 57.920661] ata1.00: ATA-8: ST31000340AS, SD15, max UDMA/133
[ 57.920711] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 57.936661] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 58.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 58.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 58.256166] ata2: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 68.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 68.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 68.256166] ata2: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 10 secs
[ 78.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 78.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, retrying
[ 78.256166] ata2: reset failed (errno=-11), retrying in 35 secs
[ 112.936016] ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 113.256060] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 113.256116] ata2: link online but device misclassified, device detection might fail
[ 113.264228] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22LS30, 1.01, max UDMA/100
[ 113.280266] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
...

If you need anything else please just ask. this didnt happened with ubuntu 8.10.

Marcos.