[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): Linux version 2.6.15-27-386 (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 8 17:51:56 UTC 2006 [7.] Environment Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper), with current updates Kernel package: linux-image-2.6.15-27-386 (2.6.15.27-50) [7.1.] ver_linux: Linux prle 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 8 17:51:56 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.0.3 Gnu make 3.81beta4 binutils 2.16.91 util-linux 2.12r mount 2.12r module-init-tools 3.2.2 e2fsprogs 1.38 jfsutils 1.1.8 reiserfsprogs 3.6.19 reiser4progs 1.0.5 xfsprogs 2.7.7 pcmcia-cs 3.2.8 PPP 2.4.4b1 Linux C Library 2.3.6 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.6 Procps 3.2.6 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 5.93 udev 079 Modules Loaded rfcomm l2cap bluetooth apm ppdev radeon drm ipv6 nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat nls_utf8 ntfs af_packet dm_mod md_mod sr_mod sbp2 lp usb_storage tsdev usbhid snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer i2c_ali1535 floppy snd soundcore i2c_ali15x3 psmouse parport_pc parport snd_page_alloc i2c_core serio_raw pcspkr tg3 rtc shpchp pci_hotplug ati_agp agpgart sg evdev ext3 jbd ide_generic ehci_hcd ohci1394 ieee1394 ohci_hcd usbcore sd_mod sata_uli libata scsi_mod ide_cd cdrom generic alim15x3 processor capability commoncap vga16fb vgastate fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor [7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 47 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2210.995 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm bogomips : 4428.66 [7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): rfcomm 40216 0 - Live 0xf8e61000 l2cap 26244 5 rfcomm, Live 0xf8df5000 bluetooth 50020 4 rfcomm,l2cap, Live 0xf8e53000 apm 21228 1 - Live 0xf8dd8000 ppdev 9220 0 - Live 0xf8dcb000 radeon 116000 0 - Live 0xf8e71000 drm 73236 1 radeon, Live 0xf8de2000 ipv6 265856 6 - Live 0xf8e11000 nls_iso8859_1 4224 1 - Live 0xf8dc2000 nls_cp437 5888 1 - Live 0xf8d82000 vfat 13440 1 - Live 0xf8d7d000 fat 53020 1 vfat, Live 0xf8d45000 nls_utf8 2176 1 - Live 0xf8a40000 ntfs 103536 1 - Live 0xf8d86000 af_packet 22920 2 - Live 0xf8d3e000 dm_mod 58936 1 - Live 0xf8b1a000 md_mod 72532 0 - Live 0xf8d54000 sr_mod 16932 0 - Live 0xf8b14000 sbp2 24196 0 - Live 0xf8b0d000 lp 11844 0 - Live 0xf8a26000 usb_storage 74304 0 - Live 0xf8abe000 tsdev 8000 0 - Live 0xf8a2a000 usbhid 39904 0 - Live 0xf8af9000 snd_hda_intel 18964 0 - Live 0xf8ab8000 snd_hda_codec 157616 1 snd_hda_intel, Live 0xf8b2b000 snd_pcm_oss 53664 0 - Live 0xf8aea000 snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8a38000 snd_pcm 89864 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8ad3000 snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xf8ab0000 i2c_ali1535 7428 0 - Live 0xf8a35000 floppy 62148 0 - Live 0xf8a8f000 snd 55268 6 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xf8aa1000 soundcore 10208 1 snd, Live 0xf8a0e000 i2c_ali15x3 7940 0 - Live 0xf8a15000 psmouse 36100 0 - Live 0xf8a85000 parport_pc 35780 1 - Live 0xf8a7b000 parport 36296 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc, Live 0xf8a71000 snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm, Live 0xf896d000 i2c_core 21904 2 i2c_ali1535,i2c_ali15x3, Live 0xf8a2e000 serio_raw 7300 0 - Live 0xf8a12000 pcspkr 2180 0 - Live 0xf8971000 tg3 101764 0 - Live 0xf8a43000 rtc 13492 0 - Live 0xf8a09000 shpchp 45632 0 - Live 0xf8a19000 pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp, Live 0xf89c6000 ati_agp 9100 0 - Live 0xf89c2000 agpgart 34888 2 drm,ati_agp, Live 0xf89da000 sg 37920 0 - Live 0xf89cf000 evdev 9856 2 - Live 0xf89be000 ext3 135816 3 - Live 0xf89e6000 jbd 58772 1 ext3, Live 0xf8943000 ide_generic 1536 0 - Live 0xf8920000 ehci_hcd 34184 0 - Live 0xf8916000 ohci1394 35124 0 - Live 0xf88b1000 ieee1394 299832 2 sbp2,ohci1394, Live 0xf8973000 ohci_hcd 21892 0 - Live 0xf8890000 usbcore 130820 5 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd, Live 0xf88f5000 sd_mod 19984 7 - Live 0xf885c000 sata_uli 7556 12 - Live 0xf8828000 libata 78992 1 sata_uli, Live 0xf88e0000 scsi_mod 139496 6 sr_mod,sbp2,usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata, Live 0xf88bc000 ide_cd 33028 0 - Live 0xf8886000 cdrom 38560 2 sr_mod,ide_cd, Live 0xf887b000 generic 5124 0 - Live 0xf8859000 alim15x3 12428 0 [permanent], Live 0xf8869000 processor 23360 0 - Live 0xf8862000 capability 5000 0 - Live 0xf8856000 commoncap 7296 1 capability, Live 0xf8811000 vga16fb 13704 1 - Live 0xf8837000 vgastate 10368 1 vga16fb, Live 0xf881f000 fbcon 42784 72 - Live 0xf882b000 tileblit 2816 1 fbcon, Live 0xf880d000 font 8320 1 fbcon, Live 0xf881b000 bitblit 6272 1 fbcon, Live 0xf8814000 softcursor 2304 1 bitblit, Live 0xf880f000 [7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) ~$ sudo cat /proc/ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-0077 : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 01f0-01f7 : ide0 0378-037a : parport0 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 4000-403f : 0000:00:1e.1 8880-888f : 0000:00:1f.0 8880-8887 : ide0 8888-888f : ide1 c000-cfff : PCI Bus #03 cf00-cf7f : 0000:03:15.0 d000-dfff : PCI Bus #02 e000-efff : PCI Bus #01 ee00-eeff : 0000:01:05.0 f900-f91f : 0000:00:1f.1 f900-f91f : sata_uli fa00-fa07 : 0000:00:1f.1 fa00-fa07 : sata_uli fb00-fb0f : 0000:00:1f.1 fb00-fb0f : sata_uli fc00-fc07 : 0000:00:1f.1 fc00-fc07 : sata_uli fd00-fd0f : 0000:00:1f.1 fd00-fd0f : sata_uli ff00-ff1f : 0000:00:00.0 ~$ sudo cat /proc/iomem 00000000-0009dfff : System RAM 0009e000-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000cefff : Video ROM 000d4000-000d95ff : Adapter ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-7beeffff : System RAM 00100000-002ee3f8 : Kernel code 002ee3f9-00385c03 : Kernel data 7bef0000-7bef2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 7bef3000-7befffff : ACPI Tables d0000000-d7ffffff : PCI Bus #01 d0000000-d7ffffff : 0000:01:05.0 dfa00000-dfafffff : PCI Bus #01 dfa00000-dfa1ffff : 0000:01:05.0 dfaf0000-dfafffff : 0000:01:05.0 dfb00000-dfbfffff : PCI Bus #03 dfc00000-dfcfffff : PCI Bus #03 dfcff000-dfcff7ff : 0000:03:15.0 dfcff000-dfcff7ff : ohci1394 dfd00000-dfdfffff : PCI Bus #02 dfe00000-dfefffff : PCI Bus #02 dfef0000-dfefffff : 0000:02:00.0 dfef0000-dfefffff : tg3 dfff4000-dfff7fff : 0000:00:1d.0 dfffb000-dfffb3ff : 0000:00:1f.1 dfffb000-dfffb3ff : sata_uli dfffc000-dfffc0ff : 0000:00:1c.3 dfffc000-dfffc0ff : ehci_hcd dfffd000-dfffdfff : 0000:00:1c.2 dfffd000-dfffdfff : ohci_hcd dfffe000-dfffefff : 0000:00:1c.1 dfffe000-dfffefff : ohci_hcd dffff000-dfffffff : 0000:00:1c.0 dffff000-dfffffff : ohci_hcd e0000000-efffffff : reserved fec00000-ffffffff : reserved [7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) (see attached file lspcivvv.txt) [7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: ST3160812AS Rev: 2AAA Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: VIA-P Model: VT6205-DevB Rev: 2.82 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 01 Vendor: VIA-P Model: VT6205-DevM Rev: 2.82 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 [7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem ~$ sudo cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 1045644 XT-PIC timer 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 230526 XT-PIC ehci_hcd:usb4 5: 2 XT-PIC ohci1394 7: 5889 XT-PIC parport0 8: 3 XT-PIC rtc 10: 53144 XT-PIC ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2, ohci_hcd:usb3, eth0 11: 42373 XT-PIC libata 14: 71428 XT-PIC ide0 NMI: 0 LOC: 1045520 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 lspci: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f 0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a38 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 0000:00:19.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation M5249 HTT to PCI Bridge 0000:00:1c.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:1c.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01) 0000:00:1d.0 0403: ALi Corporation High Definition Audio/AC'97 Host Controller 0000:00:1e.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to LPC Controller (rev 31) 0000:00:1e.1 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 0000:00:1f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c7) 0000:00:1f.1 RAID bus controller: ALi Corporation ULi 5287 SATA (rev 02) 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series] 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11) 0000:03:15.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)