Listmates, Another curiosity are the following dmesg errors related to a 'sd' driver that needs updating. The new 11.0 system seems to run OK, but there does seem to be an occasional read-write head full-swing excursion that has caught my attention. The dmesg output is below with the hwinfo information for the disk drive that follows: Driver 'sd' needs updating: Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB) sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB) sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA 01:53 alchemy~/linux/ati-compiz> sudo hwinfo --disk 31: IDE 200.0: 10600 Disk [Created at block.234] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_SAMSUNG_HM320JIS16LJD0PC03486 Unique ID: 3OOL.cnjxKRlyi73 Parent ID: CLZK.2iJtRy_bMBD SysFS ID: /class/block/sda SysFS BusID: 2:0:0:0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 Hardware Class: disk Model: "SAMSUNG HM320JI" Vendor: "SAMSUNG" Device: "HM320JI" Revision: "2SS0" Serial ID: "S16LJD0PC03486" Driver: "ahci", "sd" Driver Modules: "ahci" Device File: /dev/sda Device Files: /dev/sda, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM320JIS16LJD0PC03486, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HM320JI_S16LJD0PC03486, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:12.0-scsi-0:0:0:0, /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev80 Device Number: block 8:0-8:15 BIOS id: 0x80 Geometry (Logical): CHS 38913/255/63 Size: 625142448 sectors a 512 bytes Geometry (BIOS EDD): CHS 620181/16/63 Size (BIOS EDD): 625142448 sectors Geometry (BIOS Legacy): CHS 1023/255/63 Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #24 (SATA controller) Primarily, I have no idea what 'sd' driver should be updated to attempt to correct this issue. Any thoughts from anyone else on how to further diagnose and fix this would be appreciated. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org