Bug#475033: linux-image-2.6.18-6-686: DVD burning stops. Kernel stack trace in ide_do_request+0x69e.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 08:25:33PM -0600, Robin Holt wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:52:19AM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 10:24:29AM -0500, Robin Holt wrote:
> > > Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-686
> > > Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1
> > > Severity: normal
> > >
> > > The system has a single IDE connector on its motherboard. Connected to
> > > this are two DVD burners used for weekly backups. The first week, both
> > > drives successfully complete their burn. The following week, the first
> > > drive completes its burn, but the second drive stops making progress
> > > approx 80% of the way through. So far, this has happened exactly the same
> > > on both backup attempts, but it is only two data points. Reproducing the
> > > problem is also somewhat problematic since it does impact their normal
> > > production, but I can probably squezze in attempts in a delayed fashion.
> > >
> > > The first time this happened, the site person simply reset the machine
> > > without informing so I have no further data from that event other than
> > > the problem description.
> > >
> > > The second time this happened, I did 'echo t >/proc/sysrq-trigger' Here
> > > is the stack trace from the offending process.
> >
> > Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?
>
> It is still occurring with the 2.6.18.dfsg.1-23 version. I have not
> updated recently, however there is an update planned for middle of
> the week.
>
> Was something just fixed that should have addressed this?
Not in the 2.6.18 kernel (which is mostly updated for security issues), but
since the 4.0r4 point release Debian provides an additional Etch kernel
based on 2.6.24:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html
Cheers,
Moritz
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