System Update froze - UbuntuMATE 16-04

Thu Jun 21 17:23:44 UTC 2018

On 22/06/2018, Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> On 2018-06-21 11:46, Bret Busby wrote:
> ...
>>> I can post a copy of an excerpt (possibly, tail) of the file syslog,
>>> if that helps.
>> "
>> root at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:/home/bret# tail -30 /var/log/syslog
>> Jun 21 23:23:08 bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE kernel: [1718469.945845]
>> sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK
>> driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
>> Jun 21 23:23:08 bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE kernel: [1718469.945852]
>> sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]
> ...
>
> If you're not sure, whether its your external USB drive, you may check
> with `dmesg` and see how it is initialized. I can't suggest a good grep
> pattern, but you should look for lines where 'sdb' first appears and
> then several lines above there might be usb-storage, usbcore messages,
> similar to this:
>
> [69237.176353] usb 1-13: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
> [69237.425014] usb 1-13: New USB device found, idVendor=174c,
> idProduct=5136
> [69237.425017] usb 1-13: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3,
> SerialNumber=1
> [69237.425019] usb 1-13: Product: AS2105
> [69237.425020] usb 1-13: Manufacturer: ASMedia
> [69237.425022] usb 1-13: SerialNumber: 00000000000000000000
> [69237.449081] usb-storage 1-13:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
> [69237.449367] scsi host9: usb-storage 1-13:1.0
> [69237.449495] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> [69237.451105] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
> [69238.461612] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ASMT     2105
> 0    PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
> [69238.461934] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
> [69238.470229] sd 9:0:0:0: [sda] Spinning up disk...
> [
>

Response from dmesg ends with

"
[1724770.326664] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result:
hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[1724770.326671] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]
[1724770.326678] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Internal target failure
[1724770.326685] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 09 de 44
d8 00 00 f0 00
[1724770.326689] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 165561560
[1724879.425584] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp3s0 OUT=
MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[1724906.120574] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp3s0 OUT=
MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:34:12:98:75:9d:41:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.2
DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=18232 PROTO=2
[1724950.307862] sd 3:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 180s
[1724950.307886] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result:
hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[1724950.307894] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]
[1724950.307901] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Internal target failure
[1724950.307908] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 09 de 45
c8 00 00 f0 00
[1724950.307913] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 165561800
[1724950.307918] buffer_io_error: 50 callbacks suppressed
[1724950.307923] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694969,
lost async page write
[1724950.307937] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694970,
lost async page write
[1724950.307942] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694971,
lost async page write
[1724950.307947] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694972,
lost async page write
[1724950.307952] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694973,
lost async page write
[1724950.307957] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694974,
lost async page write
[1724950.307962] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694975,
lost async page write
[1724950.307966] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694976,
lost async page write
[1724950.307971] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694977,
lost async page write
[1724950.307976] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20694978,
lost async page write
[1724950.336121] sd 3:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 180s
[1724950.336140] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result:
hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[1724950.336147] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]
[1724950.336154] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Internal target failure
[1724950.336160] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 09 de 46
b8 00 00 f0 00
[1724950.336165] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 165562040
[1725004.420908] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp3s0 OUT=
MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[1725118.857525] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp3s0 OUT=
MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:34:12:98:75:9d:41:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.2
DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=52119 PROTO=2
[1725129.416493] [UFW BLOCK] IN=enp3s0 OUT=
MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[1725130.313836] sd 3:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 180s
[1725130.313859] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result:
hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[1725130.313867] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]
[1725130.313874] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Internal target failure
[1725130.313881] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 09 de 47
a8 00 00 f0 00
[1725130.313886] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 165562280
[1725130.313891] buffer_io_error: 50 callbacks suppressed
[1725130.313896] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695029,
lost async page write
[1725130.313908] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695030,
lost async page write
[1725130.313914] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695031,
lost async page write
[1725130.313919] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695032,
lost async page write
[1725130.313924] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695033,
lost async page write
[1725130.313928] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695034,
lost async page write
[1725130.313933] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695035,
lost async page write
[1725130.313938] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695036,
lost async page write
[1725130.313942] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695037,
lost async page write
[1725130.313947] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block 20695038,
lost async page write
[1725130.347712] sd 3:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 180s
[1725130.347726] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result:
hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[1725130.347733] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]
[1725130.347740] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Internal target failure
[1725130.347747] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 09 db 0e
00 00 00 08 00
[1725130.347751] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 165350912
bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$
"

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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