Description of problem: The CD on my Inspiron 8200 stopped working after an upgrade from fc6 to f7. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.21 How reproducible: Every time :( Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade from DVD a fc6 to f7 on Inspiron 8200 2. Boot the new installation. 3. Viola Actual results: CD does not work, some diagnostics printed Expected results: The CD should work. Really. Additional info: Excerpt from /var/log/dmesg: ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata1.01: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 36 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata1: soft resetting port ata1.01: revalidation failed (errno=-2) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata1: soft resetting port ata1.01: revalidation failed (errno=-2) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata1: soft resetting port ata1.01: revalidation failed (errno=-2) ata1.01: disabled ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ATA: abnormal status 0x58 on port 0x000101f7 ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x40) ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata1: soft resetting port ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 156301488, hpa_sectors = 156301488 ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 156301488, hpa_sectors = 156301488 ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33 ata1: EH complete
FWIW, kernel upgrade to 2.6.22.1 solves the issue.