Request for explanation of error message

Sat Jul 27 18:43:07 UTC 2019

I am trying again to reply to the message below, as the previous
attempts to answer the questions, failed, but, my last message appears
to have got through, by clicking on a different Send button...

On 27/07/2019, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Sat, 27 Jul 2019 20:54:19 +0800 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for
> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Can someone please advise as to what the following error indicates?
>>
>> The below is a subset of multiple repetitions of the error, with the
>> number in the square brackets, immediately after the word "kernel",
>> progressively increasing in each line.
>>
>> The error message appearsat the command line console ( <CTRL><ALT><F1>
>> ), and, in /var/log/syslog , from whence the extract is copied.
>>
>> "
>> Jul 27 00:06:43 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332491.053210] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e8
>> Jul 27 00:06:43 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332491.053216] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer,
>> id=00e8(Receiver ID)
>> Jul 27 00:06:43 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332491.053219] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0:   device [8086:a298] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
>> Jul 27 00:06:43 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332491.053221] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0:    [ 0] Receiver Error         (First)
>> Jul 27 00:07:08 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332515.996887] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e8
>> Jul 27 00:07:08 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332515.996893] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer,
>> id=00e8(Receiver ID)
>> Jul 27 00:07:08 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332515.996896] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0:   device [8086:a298] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
>> Jul 27 00:07:08 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332515.996898] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0:    [ 0] Receiver Error         (First)
>> Jul 27 00:07:28 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332536.059307] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e8
>> Jul 27 00:07:28 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332536.059314] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer,
>> id=00e8(Receiver ID)
>> Jul 27 00:07:28 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332536.059316] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0:   device [8086:a298] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
>> Jul 27 00:07:28 bret-MD34045-2521 kernel: [332536.059318] pcieport
>> 0000:00:1d.0:    [ 0] Receiver Error         (First)
>> "
>>
>> "
>> uname -v
>> #60-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 2 18:22:20 UTC 2019
>> bret at bret-MD34045-2521:~$ uname -a
>> Linux bret-MD34045-2521 4.15.0-55-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 2
>> 18:22:20 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> "
>>
>> Whilst I do not know how to get uname to show the Ubuntu version
>> number, the console shows it as 18.04.2 .
>
> What does
>
> lspci
>
> display?
>
> Specificly, what sort of device is at
>
> 00:1d.0
>
> ?
>

"
bret at bret-MD34045-2521:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host
Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core
Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 /
E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset
Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH
Thermal Subsystem
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH
Serial IO I2C Controller #0
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH
Serial IO I2C Controller #1
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH CSME HECI #1
00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode]
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root
Port #6 (rev f0)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root
Port #9 (rev f0)
00:1e.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 200
Series/Z370 Chipset Family Serial IO UART Controller #0
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z370 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset
Family Power Management Controller
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH HD Audio
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family SMBus Controller
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 (rev 81)
"

> It looks like whatever is at the point of the PCI bus is having trouble.
>
> Also: what does the dmesg command display?
>

Screens of the following;

"
[14818.547186] pcieport 0000:00:1d.0:    [ 0] Receiver Error         (First)
[14818.551259] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551289] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551443] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551470] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551601] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551627] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551757] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551783] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.551974] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14818.552000] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811149] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811179] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811418] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811445] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811510] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811536] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811590] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811617] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811672] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14850.811699] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14924.519548] pcieport 0000:00:1d.0: AER: Corrected error received: id=00e8
[14924.519554] pcieport 0000:00:1d.0: PCIe Bus Error:
severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e8(Receiver ID)
[14924.519556] pcieport 0000:00:1d.0:   device [8086:a298] error
status/mask=00000001/00002000
[14924.519558] pcieport 0000:00:1d.0:    [ 0] Receiver Error         (First)
[14924.523631] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14924.523660] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
[14924.523807] systemd-journald[340]: Failed to open system journal:
No space left on device
"

>>
>>
>> Thank you in anticipation.
>>
>
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As stated, something has filled my / partition.

After trying to send this message, I will try to reboot, to find what happens.

-- 
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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