This problem occurs with several current distros, I'm asking here because I'm running OpenSUSE 10.2 right now. I've been having these problems pretty solidly while running Linux, but the installations all run okay. Afterwards though, the problem all-but-hangs the system. It seems to work fine in Windows XP (SP2), and I've booted into the IBM diagnostics (PC Doctor) and run the full set of tests: it passed everything except writing DVDs, but since it's not a DVD burner that's no surprise. Here are the messages I get: Feb 18 08:35:21 linux-ucfn syslog-ng[12987]: STATS: dropped 0 Feb 18 08:44:44 linux-ucfn kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3 Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: DMA disabled Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x20 { DeviceFault } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: status error: status=0x00 { } Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Feb 18 08:44:53 linux-ucfn kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Google found a few hits, but I don't see a resolution to the problem. One, http://www.edlug.ed.ac.uk/archive/Sep2003/msg00143.html is fairly similar superficially, but I can get the errors without removing the DVD or the drive. There is this: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0511.1/1112.html but I'm using a standard SUSE kernel. Note that, like my computer, that's a Thinkpad R40 At present, I'm running without the drive: I rhink that's the same model drive I have. At any rate, the system's an R40 model 2722-GDM. Is there anything anyone can think of before I feed it into Bugzila? -- Cheers John Summerfield -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org