Hi, I hope I have the correct forum, and apologize in advance if I don't !!! I have installed OpenSuse 10.0 (64bit) and although everything I configured is working correctly - th logs themselves are not. HALD ====== When I connect an external HDD via an external USB-2 HHD, it recognizes the drive as sda and I'm able to mount it and use it normally without any problem except as follows: When I check the logs (/varlog/messages), I notice that it fills the log file very quickly (100mb ++ - so I have to clear it regularly and quickly) with the following messages from the hal-daemon: Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand called Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened. Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Command READ_10 (10 bytes) Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: 28 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 01 00 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk Command S 0x43425355 T 0x606 L 512 F 128 Trg 0 LUN 0 CL 10 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf: xfer 31 bytes Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change ---------- Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 31/31 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist: xfer 512 bytes, 1 entries Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 512/512 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk data transfer result 0x0 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW... Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf: xfer 13 bytes Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 13/13 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk Status S 0x53425355 T 0x606 R 0 Stat 0x0 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x0 Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping. Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand called Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened. Apr 11 15:58:21 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Command READ_10 (10 bytes) And the messages just go on and on and on and on......!!!! Any way to switch this off????