Hi, I was just having a look at the message logs on my SuSE 10 (x86_64) machine, and found loads of the following in /var/log/warn: Mar 3 15:38:59 anat0098 udevd[3272]: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found, skip event 'umount' What does this relate to? Is it possible that it's connected to: Mar 7 12:32:55 anat0098 kernel: hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 } Mar 7 12:32:55 anat0098 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Mar 7 12:32:55 anat0098 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0 Mar 7 12:32:55 anat0098 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0 Mar 7 12:32:56 anat0098 kernel: hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Do I have a dead (or dying) DVD burner? Or are these standard error messages you see whenever you try to play a CD with a few scratches? Cheers, Jon.