Sometimes my system freezes when I use my external USB HDD (Western Digital 500GB). I am using a freshly upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 installation.
The freeze is not reproducable but always happens right after I unplug the device. The last time it happened right after I clicked the "Eject" Button in the Gnome Shell notification that appears when you plug in an external drive.
It is a real freeze, I have to hard reset the system when it happens.
Any ideas?
Best Answer
As per the launchpad bugs - Upgrading to 3.0.6 kernel should solve the issue. Deb packages are available from; http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.6-oneiric/
Installation Guide (for amd64)
Download the kernel headers package;
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.6-oneiric/linux-headers-3.0.6-030006_3.0.6-030006.201110050043_all.deb
And the appropriate package for your architecture;
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.6-oneiric/linux-headers-3.0.6-030006-generic_3.0.6-030006.201110050043_amd64.deb
And the accompanying compiled kernel;
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.6-oneiric/linux-image-3.0.6-030006-generic_3.0.6-030006.201110050043_amd64.deb
Install the files in the same order
sudo update-grub