here is the complete dmesg. cheers, piem fan, id 5, location: CPU B INTAKE 6: RPM fan, id 6, location: CPU B EXHAUST Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx PCI: Enabling device: (0001:03:0d.0), cmd 16 ide0: Found Apple K2 ATA-6 controller, bus ID 3, irq 39 Probing IDE interface ide0... hda: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hda: Enabling Ultra DMA 2 ide0 at 0xe000000082fde000-0xe000000082fde007,0xe000000082fde160 on irq 39 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice Found KeyWest i2c on "u3", 2 channels, stepping: 4 bits Found KeyWest i2c on "mac-io", 1 channel, stepping: 4 bits NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 32Kbytes TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536) RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0 RAMDISK: Loading 2028KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... |/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-done. VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem) readonly. Mounted devfs on /dev Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 232k freed NET: Registered protocol family 1 SCSI subsystem initialized libata version 1.11 loaded. sata_svw version 1.05 ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE000000082FE3000 ctl 0xE000000082FE3020 bmdma 0xE000000082FE3030 irq 0 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE000000082FE3100 ctl 0xE000000082FE3120 bmdma 0xE000000082FE3130 irq 0 ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE000000082FE3200 ctl 0xE000000082FE3220 bmdma 0xE000000082FE3230 irq 0 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE000000082FE3300 ctl 0xE000000082FE3320 bmdma 0xE000000082FE3330 irq 0 ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4003 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4003 88:007f ata1: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/133, 312581808 sectors: lba48 ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133 scsi0 : sata_svw ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000004) scsi1 : sata_svw ata3: no device found (phy stat 00000004) scsi2 : sata_svw ata4: no device found (phy stat 00000004) scsi3 : sata_svw Vendor: ATA Model: ST3160023AS Rev: 3.05 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [mac] p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem XFS mounting filesystem sda4 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: sda4 Adding 1497300k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 hda: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(33) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 sungem.c:v0.98 8/24/03 David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com) PHY ID: 2062e0, addr: 1 eth0: Sun GEM (PCI) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:0a:95:be:fe:28 eth0: Found BCM5421-K2 PHY ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI) PCI: Enabling device: (0001:01:08.0), cmd 2 ohci_hcd 0001:01:08.0: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo USB ohci_hcd 0001:01:08.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ohci_hcd 0001:01:08.0: irq 27, io mem 0x80081000 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected PCI: Enabling device: (0001:01:09.0), cmd 2 ohci_hcd 0001:01:09.0: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo USB (#2) ohci_hcd 0001:01:09.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 ohci_hcd 0001:01:09.0: irq 28, io mem 0x80080000 hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected PCI: Enabling device: (0001:02:0b.0), cmd 2 ohci_hcd 0001:02:0b.0: NEC Corporation USB ohci_hcd 0001:02:0b.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 ohci_hcd 0001:02:0b.0: irq 63, io mem 0x80102000 hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected PCI: Enabling device: (0001:02:0b.1), cmd 2 ohci_hcd 0001:02:0b.1: NEC Corporation USB (#2) ohci_hcd 0001:02:0b.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 ohci_hcd 0001:02:0b.1: irq 63, io mem 0x80101000 hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-1:1.0: 3 ports detected usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 hub 4-1:1.0: USB hub found hub 4-1:1.0: 3 ports detected usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 usb 3-1.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 3 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb 3-1.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. usb 4-1.3: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4 PCI: Enabling device: (0001:02:0b.2), cmd 6 ehci_hcd 0001:02:0b.2: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 ehci_hcd 0001:02:0b.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5 ehci_hcd 0001:02:0b.2: irq 63, io mem 0x80100000 ehci_hcd 0001:02:0b.2: park 0 ehci_hcd 0001:02:0b.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 5-0:1.0: 5 ports detected usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 2 usb 3-1.2: USB disconnect, address 3 usb 3-1.3: USB disconnect, address 4 usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-1:1.0: 3 ports detected usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 2 usb 4-1.3: USB disconnect, address 4 usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 hub 4-1:1.0: USB hub found hub 4-1:1.0: 3 ports detected usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 3 usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6 usbcore: registered new driver hiddev input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0001:02:0b.1-2 usbcore: registered new driver usbhid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.01:USB HID core driver usb 3-1.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6 usb 3-1.2: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 6 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb 3-1.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7 input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard] on usb-0001:02:0b.0-1.3 input: USB HID v1.10 Device [Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard] on usb-0001:02:0b.0-1.3 usb 4-1.3: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7 hiddev0: USB HID v1.00 Device [Studio Display] on usb-0001:02:0b.1-1.3 Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones uninorth_agp: Unknown symbol flush_dcache_range Vendor: LEXAR Model: JUMPDRIVE Rev: 3000 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 SCSI device sdb: 252928 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 sdb: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sdb: 252928 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 sdb: assuming drive cache: write through /dev/scsi/host5/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 usb-storage: device scan complete ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' ohci1394: $Rev: 1250 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PCI: Enabling device: (0001:03:0e.0), cmd 2 ohci1394: fw-host0: Unexpected PCI resource length of 1000! ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[40] MMIO=[80200000-802007ff] Max Packet=[4096] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a95fffebefe28] eth1394: $Rev: 1247 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eth1394: eth1: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0) eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) NET: Registered protocol family 17 eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel nfs warning: mount version older than kernel NET: Registered protocol family 10 Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c00000000042f3d8(lo) IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(401f4520){00} arg(ffcb1990) on /dev/input/event0 ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(401f4520){00} arg(ffcb1990) on /dev/input/event1 ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(401f4520){00} arg(ffcb1990) on /dev/input/event2 ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(401f4520){00} arg(ffcb1990) on /dev/input/event3 ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(80045564){00} arg(00000001) on /dev/input/uinput ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(80045564){00} arg(00000014) on /dev/input/uinput ioctl32(mouseemu:5215): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(80045565){00} arg(00000000) on /dev/input/uinput eth0: no IPv6 routers present XFS mounting filesystem sdb1 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: sdb1 hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 } ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 64 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hda, iso_blknum=16, block=16 eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) Card-VirMIDI #1 not found or device busy Card-VirMIDI soundcard not found or device busy eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 } ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 64 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hda, iso_blknum=16, block=16 eth0: Link down eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex. eth0: Pause is enabled (rxfifo: 10240 off: 7168 on: 5632) device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode XFS mounting filesystem sdb1 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: sdb1 hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 } ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 64 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hda, iso_blknum=16, block=16 usb 3-1.1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 8 usbhid: probe of 3-1.1:1.0 failed with error -5 input: Wacom Volito on usb-0001:02:0b.0-1.1 usbcore: registered new driver wacom drivers/usb/input/wacom.c: v1.40:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 } ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 64 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hda, iso_blknum=16, block=16 ioctl32(wacdump:26001): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ff9695c8) on /dev/input/event4 ioctl32(wacdump:26002): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ffc475c8) on /dev/input/event3 ioctl32(wacdump:26003): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ffebd5c8) on /dev/input/event2 ioctl32(wacdump:26004): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ff8d05c8) on /dev/input/event1 ioctl32(wacdump:26005): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ffc175c8) on /dev/input/event0 ioctl32(wacdump:26013): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ffd7e5c8) on /dev/input/uinput ioctl32(wacdump:26018): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ffc645d8) on /dev/input/ts1 ioctl32(wacdump:26024): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(40084502){00} arg(ffc545d8) on /dev/input/ts0 etherape uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode usb 3-1.2: USB disconnect, address 6 usb 3-1.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 9 usb 3-1.2: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 9 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: LEXAR Model: JUMPDRIVE Rev: 3000 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 SCSI device sdb: 252928 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 sdb: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sdb: 252928 512-byte hdwr sectors (129 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 sdb: assuming drive cache: write through /dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 usb-storage: device scan complete XFS mounting filesystem sdb1 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: sdb1 eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel eth1394: eth1: Could not allocate isochronous receive context for the broadcast channel