Latest working kernel version: 2.6.22-14-generic Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24-16-generic Distribution: Ubuntu (also tested on Sabayon) Hardware Environment: Chipset VIA KM266, AMD Duron 1,6 Ghz CPU, 768 MB RAM memory, HDD Seagate ST340014A, GPU Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Software Environment: Ubuntu Linux 8.04, Gnome 2.22.1 Problem Description: My PC freeze when I try to access a storage device connected on secondary IDE cable. This is happening after a few seconds of reading the disk. This problem doesn't appear when I write data on a CD-RW or DVD-RW medium. This seems to not be a hardware problem because when I start Linux using kernel 2.6.22-14-generic this problem doesn't appear. I also tried to change the IDE connections, but this problem appears on every device connected on secondary IDE. Steps to reproduce: Load a CD on tray, access it, read some data (for example a movie) and... it locks. I have read a CD using the tty1 console interface, and I made a snapshot with my phone on what's happening when my PC is freezing. You can see it at http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/5/12/f_Ovi021m_d5e9d68.jpg&srv=img37
Looks like random corruption - are you using the proprietary Nvidia drivers ?
(In reply to comment #1) > Looks like random corruption - are you using the proprietary Nvidia drivers ? > Yes, I do. That may be te problem?
yes, maybe. please unload any proprietary driver so that your kernel isn`t tainted. kernel developers cannot really help on kernel problems being caused by proprietary/closed-source drivers. can you reproduce that issue with those drivers unloaded ?
Please try to reproduce it without proprietary module - Alan and Roland correctly suggest that it may be the root cause of the problem. PS your system uses pata_via driver (part of libata SCSI->ATA layer) for IDE support so I'm changing the component to libata
When I made that "screenshot" of my error, I didn't had the X server started, so this error appear even when the Nvidia proprietary driver is loaded or not.
And that's happening also when I use the (K)Ubuntu Live CD, where the Nvidia Proprietary driver isn't installed.
No useful data in the trace alas