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89c51

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Buffer I/O error on device...

I get this error sometimes with my external usb drives. At first i thought that it was because my old WD (ext4) was dying or something but it gives me the same in a brand new drive (ntfs) that i moved my files on.

Any ideas what can be the cause?

Awebb

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Re: Buffer I/O error on device...

Such errors are often caused by the lack of logfiles posted in help threads.

Try a non-ntfs file system and see if the error persists.

89c51

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Re: Buffer I/O error on device...

The thing is that i saw this on my ext4 external drive also.

Is there a possibility to be something related to the USB port?

Also is it possible to be related to the udisk2 update?

Last edited by 89c51 (2014-02-21 15:46:29)

x33a

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Re: Buffer I/O error on device...

The thing is that i saw this on my ext4 external drive also.

Is there a possibility to be something related to the USB port?

Also is it possible to be related to the udisk2 update?

It could be caused by any number of reasons. If you want something other than speculation, post your logs as Awebb said.

89c51

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Re: Buffer I/O error on device...

Sorry. I read his post fast and under the influence of wine.

With the new disc.

Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland systemd[1]: Mounted FUSE Control File System.
Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Version 2013.1.13 external FUSE 29
Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Mounted /dev/sdb1 (Read-Write, label "TOSHIBA EXT", NTFS 3.1)
Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Cmdline options: rw,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100,dmask=0077,fmask=0177,uid=1000,uhelper=udisks2
Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Mount options: rw,nodev,nosuid,uhelper=udisks2,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sdb1,blkdev,blksize=4096
Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 7
Feb 21 09:59:25 mainland udisksd[453]: Mounted /dev/sdb1 at /run/media/toliz/TOSHIBA EXT on behalf of uid 1000
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: usb 4-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland udisksd[453]: Cleaning up mount point /run/media/toliz/TOSHIBA EXT (device 8:17 no longer exist)
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: usb-storage 4-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: scsi9 : usb-storage 4-2:1.0
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227259
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227260
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: ntfs_attr_pread error reading '/Music/Red Hot Chily Peppers/Freaky Styley/01 - Jungleman.flac' at offset 25964544: 131072 <> -1: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227261
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227262
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227263
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227264
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227265
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227266
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227267
Feb 21 10:03:04 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 19227268
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     TOSHIBA  External USB 3.0 5438 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 976773164 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel:  sdc: sdc1
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: ntfs_attr_pread error reading '/Music/Red Hot Chily Peppers/Freaky Styley/01 - Jungleman.flac' at offset 26095616: 131072 <> -1: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:05 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: ntfs_attr_pread error reading '/Music/Red Hot Chily Peppers/Freaky Styley/01 - Jungleman.flac' at offset 25964544: 4096 <> -1: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:06 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Unmounting /dev/sdb1 (TOSHIBA EXT)
Feb 21 10:03:06 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Failed to sync device /dev/sdb1: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:06 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Failed to fsync device /dev/sdb1: Input/output error
Feb 21 10:03:06 mainland ntfs-3g[1112]: Failed to close volume /dev/sdb1: Device or resource busy
Feb 21 10:03:16 mainland ntfs-3g[1220]: Version 2013.1.13 external FUSE 29
Feb 21 10:03:16 mainland ntfs-3g[1220]: Mounted /dev/sdc1 (Read-Write, label "TOSHIBA EXT", NTFS 3.1)
Feb 21 10:03:16 mainland ntfs-3g[1220]: Cmdline options: rw,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100,dmask=0077,fmask=0177,uid=1000,uhelper=udisks2
Feb 21 10:03:16 mainland ntfs-3g[1220]: Mount options: rw,nodev,nosuid,uhelper=udisks2,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sdc1,blkdev,blksize=4096
Feb 21 10:03:16 mainland udisksd[453]: Mounted /dev/sdc1 at /run/media/toliz/TOSHIBA EXT on behalf of uid 1000
Feb 21 10:03:16 mainland ntfs-3g[1220]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 7

And this is what made me buy the new disc

Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     WD       3200BMV External 1.05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB)
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 21 00 00 00
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 3
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland systemd-udevd[3241]: inotify_add_watch(7, /dev/sdb, 10) failed: No such file or directory
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel:  sdb: unable to read partition table
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x01 driverbyte=0x00
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense not available.
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Feb 19 21:39:16 mainland kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Feb 19 21:39:26 mainland kernel: usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
Feb 19 21:39:26 mainland kernel: usb-storage 3-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Feb 19 21:39:26 mainland kernel: usb-storage 3-2:1.0: Quirks match for vid 1058 pid 0704: 8000
Feb 19 21:39:26 mainland kernel: scsi9 : usb-storage 3-2:1.0
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     WD       3200BMV External 1.05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB)
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 21 00 00 00
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Feb 19 21:39:27 mainland kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Feb 19 21:39:36 mainland kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem
Feb 19 21:39:36 mainland udisksd[446]: Mounted /dev/sdb1 at /run/media/toliz/ba39441e-2cc6-4063-8df5-ac654a06ec4c on behalf of uid 1000
Feb 19 21:39:36 mainland kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

x33a

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Re: Buffer I/O error on device...

It might be caused by the USB port as you yourself noted. Have you tried attaching the disk to a different port?

89c51

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Re: Buffer I/O error on device...

I'll try it but it will take some time since i don't plug the disks all the time. For these two cases it happened on the same port.