bash: /usr/bin/who: Input/output error

[Jan Huschauer]

Hi folks,

sorry about my english, but i'm mostly reading english, not writing.

well, this error kicked me out of my socks:
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obelix:~ # who
bash: /usr/bin/who: Input/output error
obelix:~ #
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The problem ist not only 'who'. the most other commands do return the same
message. Only less, less, tail and other bash-commands work. All

I found this in /var/log/messages:
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Apr 14 04:08:44 obelix kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Apr 14 04:08:44 obelix kernel: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout
Apr 14 04:08:44 obelix kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Apr 14 04:08:44 obelix kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Apr 14 04:09:14 obelix kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80
Apr 14 04:09:14 obelix kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Apr 14 04:09:14 obelix kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
Apr 14 04:09:44 obelix kernel: ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80
Apr 14 04:09:44 obelix kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03 (hda), secto
[...]
Apr 14 04:09:49 obelix kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,3)): ext2_write_i
Apr 14 04:09:49 obelix kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03
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the last lines ('end_request: I/O error...' and the rest) were repeated several
times.

And another unserious thing:
the logfile ends with this.
Normaly Cron-Jobs are writing messages into this file.

I rebooted the Computer, but the error will not go on it self..

I don't now what to do.
I hope someone can give me a hint.

Greatings,
Jan Huschauer
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[Garry Knight]

In article <<3cbb254f$1...@netnews.web.de>>, Jan Huschauer wrote:

> Apr 14 04:08:44 obelix kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA

Have you got DMA turned on for this drive? As root, do 'hdparm -d
/dev/hda'. If so, try 'hdparm -d0 /dev/hda' and see if the problem goes
away.

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[Jan Huschauer]

Good morning,

Garry Knight <garry...@gmx.net> wrote:
>In article <<3cbb254f$1...@netnews.web.de>>, Jan Huschauer wrote:
>
>> Apr 14 04:08:44 obelix kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
>
>Have you got DMA turned on for this drive? As root, do 'hdparm -d
>/dev/hda'. If so, try 'hdparm -d0 /dev/hda' and see if the problem goes
>away.

Yes DMA is on, but turn it off doesn't help.
I think it might be a hardware-error.

I tried some other commands and fsck return a 'Bus error'.

Thanks,