I've been having fun and games at home. Short story first.
I have a fairly old system and one of the SATA drives is failing so I
bought a replacement. The system didn't see it at all so I rushed out
and bought another drive (Xmas!) but it wasn't seen either. Google told
me it was a problem with the SATA chip on the motherboard, so I borrowed
a SATA adapter. It kind of worked but gave lots of bus errors. I tried a
couple of other adapters with similar results. I tested the drives and
they're perfect. I read about power issues with SATA so I disconnected
everything I could but that made no difference. So I started looking for
a new system.
Then comes the weird part. I've been running openSUSE 11.2 and have also
tested Ubuntu 10.04 with similar results. Last night I tried Knoppix
6.4.3 and apparently everything worked perfectly. I still need to do
more testing but maybe my old system can live a while longer.
I'd be interested in any views people have about the prognosis.
OK, now here's the details:
The mobo is an MSI K8M Neo-V, which has two SATA 1.5 Gbps ports
controlled by a VIA VT6420 chip (it has a broken design that can't see
more recent drives).
The failing drive is a Seagate 1.5 Gbps. The new drives are both Samsung
3 Gbps SATA drives; a 1 TB HD103SJ and a 320 GB. The smaller drive has a
jumper to force 1.5 Gbps speed, while the larger one uses a software
utility.
I borrowed a PCI adapter based on the Sil 3512 and I've bought one based
on the VIA VT6421A. Like all PCI SATA adapters, they're limited to 1.5 Gbps.
The output from lspci (with the Sil controller) looked like this:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge
[K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:0b.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512
[SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)
00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394
Controller (Link)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge
[KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II]
(rev 78)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce
6200] (rev a1)
Typical error messages were like this:
Jan 5 22:53:27 piglet kernel: [ 157.040095] ata5: hard resetting link
Jan 5 22:53:27 piglet kernel: [ 157.390039] ata5: SATA link up 1.5
Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jan 5 22:53:32 piglet kernel: [ 162.390035] ata5: hard resetting link
Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.740037] ata5: SATA link up 1.5
Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.780287] ata5.00: configured for
UDMA/100
Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.780294] ata5.00: device reported
invalid CHS sector 0
Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.780302] ata5: EH complete
Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.040089] ata5: hard resetting link
Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.390060] ata5: SATA link up 1.5
Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.430287] ata5.00: configured for
UDMA/100
Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.430295] ata5.00: device reported
invalid CHS sector 0
Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.430308] ata5: EH complete
Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.042033] ata5.00: limiting speed to
UDMA/66:PIO4
Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.042070] ata5: hard resetting link
Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.390059] ata5: SATA link up 1.5
Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.430288] ata5.00: configured for
UDMA/66
Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.430305] ata5: EH complete
Jan 5 22:54:08 piglet kernel: [ 197.821413] ata5.00: configured for
UDMA/66
Jan 5 22:54:08 piglet kernel: [ 197.821437] ata5: EH complete
Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.040099] ata5: hard resetting link
Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.390046] ata5: SATA link up 1.5
Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.430286] ata5.00: configured for
UDMA/66
Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.430309] ata5: EH complete
You can see that it steadily reduces the bus speed.
With the VIA adapter, lspci shows:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge
[K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:0b.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID
Controller (rev 50)
00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394
Controller (Link)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge
[KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II]
(rev 78)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce
6200] (rev a1)
and error messages looked like this:
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441492] ata2.00: exception Emask
0x12 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1000500 action 0x6
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441517] ata2.00: BMDMA stat 0x5
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441525] ata2: SError: {
UnrecovData Proto TrStaTrns }
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441539] ata2.00: cmd
c8/00:f0:58:05:57/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 dma 122880 in
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441541] res
51/84:48:00:00:00/84:58:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x12 (ATA bus error)
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441555] ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441561] ata2.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441575] ata2: hard resetting link
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.746050] ata2: SATA link up 1.5
Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.784313] ata2.00: configured for
UDMA/33
Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.784337] ata2: EH complete
The errors didn't seem to cause any data corruption.
Oh and the kernel versions are:
openSUSE 11.2 2.6.31
ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32
knoppix 6.4.3 2.6.36
Has some kernel or driver update improved SATA handling significantly?
Cheers, Dave
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Sorry to bring this one up again, but my addressbook in Kontact has
disappeared again.
Googling for opensuse 11.3 KDE 4.5 kontact missing address book failed to turn
up anything useful, but I remember there was a thread about six months ago on
the same topic.
I'm using 11.3 with KDE 4.5 from the Release repo. Looking in System Settings
I see that Nepomuk (akonadi?) is running, but not Strigi. The mysql server is
running.
I have had some problems with forgotten passwords in mysql recently, which
necessitated a few starts and stops (and shooting it in the head) of the mysql
server (see another thread in this list), and it may be that which made my
addressbook evaporate. When I try to add an addressbook from the File menu,
there is a bewildering array of choices, and with the most obvious local ones,
you are asked to select a file or folder in which to find the addressbook.
I've also tried stopping and restarting Kontact, but that didn't help.
Can anyone help, before I install Thunderbird (which I don't want to do, as I
quite like Kontact and its family)
Bob
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From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:39:25
To: Stan Goodman<stan.goodman(a)hashkedim.com>
Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk
Subject: Re: [opensuse] Wi-Fi after suspend
Have been able to try the laptop with os 11.3 I have a hp pavilion dv7 it refused to load anything older than 11.3 but just recently even though my wifi works the button stopped working that turns it off after suspend.
Stuart Tanner
Oifficial Distributor openSUSE Retail Edition UK
------Original Message------
From: Stan Goodman
To: openSuSE-Forum,
Subject: [opensuse] Wi-Fi after suspend
Sent: Jan 31, 2011 10:58
In a current thread, the OP says that when his laptop machine returns from
Suspend, his Wi-Fi connection is restored automatically in a few seconds.
Mine doesn't behave that way, and I wish it would. If the difference
between the two behaviors is not something beyond my control, what causes
it?
The laptop is Dell Vostro with Intel 5300AGN wireless chip. It is running
oS v11.2.
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C wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 14:18, Joachim Schrod wrote:
>> C wrote:
>>>
>>> I've got an EEE 1005HA and it's fine with openSUSE or pretty much any
>>> Linux distro I throw at it...
>>
>> Does your Wifi works flawlessly? Does it survive a suspend?
>
> Yes, always. I've had zero issues with suspend to RAM/Disk using
> openSUSE 11.3. Currently using LXDE as my DE, and I have set it up to
> suspend to RAM when I close the lid... open it and it's reconnected to
> my WiFi in about 2 seconds. This is consistently the same all the
> time... suspending several times per day
Thanks a lot for all your replies. I'm going to install openSUSE on
my netbook tonight... :-)
Joachim
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In the light of the Egyptian Inet turn off and the threats that other govs
either have or are lokking into such abilities do we have something along the
lines of Daihinia or can we setup our boxes to behave like that ie a
mesh network .
Could be usefull
Pete .
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Can OpenSUSE get the NTP server address via NTP? I don't see any option
for enabling this and I also have a public server configured in the NTP
settings. If possible, I'd prefer to use the DHCP provided server when
available. I have looked at the DHCP offer, with Wireshark, and can see
the NTP server address is included.
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OSE 11.2 with K3B 2.0.1
I was attempting to create an audio CD from a MP3 file usiing K3B and
received the following error:
MP3 Audio Decoder plugin not found.
K3b could not load or find the MP3 decoder plugin. This means that you
will not be able to create Audio CDs from MP3 files. Many Linux
distributions do not include MP3 support for legal reasons.
Solution: To enable MP3 support, please install the MAD MP3 decoding
library as well as the K3b MAD MP3 decoder plugin (the latter may already
be installed but not functional due to the missing libmad). Some
distributions allow installation of MP3 support via an online update tool.
The other popup indicated another alternative, namely converting MP3 to
WAV or some other format K3B understands:
Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format:
You may manually convert these audio files to wave using another
application supporting the audio format and then add the wave files to the
K3b project.
I have the following K3B modules installed:
k3b
k3b-codecs
k3b-lang
kde3-k3b <== Do I need these if I am using KDE4?
kde3-codecs
kde3-lang
Do I need other modules? Repositories?
If there are any articles or threads in the forums covering this, please
post the links.
Thank you,
Lucky Leavell
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ello,
I have just installed Suse on a computer and I would like to paste
into Open Office, the "autocorr" files that I use on another computer
so that my automated corrections are taken into account by the new
system.
Would anyone be able to tell me where the autocorr directory is in
Suse? Or would anyone be able to tell me how to find such a directory
in Suse?
Thank you in advance,
Gilles Siche
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I have a 16GB usb stick running 11.3 on my laptop after the hard drive failed.
It works fine with the latest kde and openoffice. Remarkable.
A replacement hard drive is not possible.
My question is about how long the stick will last. It looks as if the limit is
around 10 000 writes. How long is that at eg. 24/7 for opensuse?
L x
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