I just want to confirm comment #94 of Vladimir Kononov (voldemark). After fsck on my disk drives (/ and /home) on a quite long time running (+1year) desktop install of debian mint on an old laptop the issue of high harddisk load seems to be minimized and system runs much more smoothly now.
So, please do fsck on your disks and update whether or not it solves the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607560 Title: jbd2 writing block every 5 - 10 seconds, preventing disk spin-down and making noise Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: jbd2 writes blocks to the hard disk every 5 seconds. This makes an annoying click/tick noise and prevents the disk from spinning down to conserve power. jbd2 appears in logs as several entries like... Jul 19 21:35:45 edge kernel: [ 3312.913759] jbd2/sda5-8(350): WRITE block 42280704 on sda5 ... and can be observed using iotop. Since the noise only occurs in Ubuntu and not in Windows 7 it is probably a software problem. The excessive writes may reduce the disk's lifespan. WORKAROUND: Adding commit=60 to the partition's entry in fstab increases the interval to 30-45 seconds. Threads covering this problem * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1489637 * https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=692073 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic-pae 2.6.32-23.37 Regression: No Reproducible: No ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic-pae 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: rcx 2456 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0800000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVIBX' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,17aa21bc,00100004 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 8 Date: Mon Jul 19 23:24:03 2010 Frequency: Every 5-10 seconds. HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ae276af8-b805-466a-a688-8d175cd3f2d7 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: LENOVO 05782AU ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae root=UUID=01d19f79-8c81-4da6-949d-db8f4d85b84a ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.utf8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1 SourcePackage: linux dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 80ET37WW (1.14 ) dmi.board.name: 05782AU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr80ET37WW(1.14):bd06/11/2010:svnLENOVO:pn05782AU:pvrThinkPadEdge:rvnLENOVO:rn05782AU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 05782AU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/607560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
