Re: Kernel error: DMA write timed out
> > > >> kernel: DMA write timed out
> > > >> kernel: parport0: BUSY timeout (1) in compat_write_block_pio
> > > >>
> > > >> prometeo:/var/log# uname -a
> > > >> Linux prometeo 2.6.8-3-686-smp #1 SMP Thu Sep 7 04:39:15 UTC 2006 i686
> > > >> GNU/Linux
> > > >>
> > > >> Can you help me to understand causes of these?
> > that message is related to parallel port, not to SATA disk.
> > At least probably - you could send one line before and after those...
On 14.11.06 18:28, Mertens Bram wrote:
> Same errors are written to the syslog on my desktop. I too do not
> have anything attached to a parallel port.
something tries to work with it.
> Could this be some kind of emulation? Like the SCSI emulation used
> for CD drives in the past?
> I have an HP USB printer which uses usblp0:
> root@valinor:/root# grep lp /var/log/kern.log
> Nov 12 11:02:31 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 23 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x8204
> Nov 12 11:03:00 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: removed
That's about devices connected via USB (although using parallel port
emulation).
> I tried to stop cupsys and/or lpd and the messages stopped when lpd
> was stopped. And after starting lpd again they began appearing
> again. So lpd appears to be the culprit. I could print fine when lpd
> was down (I use Cups) so I'm going to try and remove lpr from my
> system. Perhaps you can test this as well?
didn't you mistakenly configure something to try accessing real parallel
port instead of the one connected with USB?
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