I am having this issue (cdrom drive "appears confused") with 2.6.21-2-amd64 with this drive:
Jul 2 10:15:29 bach kernel: hda: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Jul 2 15:22:19 bach kernel: hda: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x01). Trying to recover by ending request. Jul 2 15:32:23 bach kernel: hda: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x01). Trying to recover by ending request. Jul 2 15:32:23 bach kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Jul 2 15:32:23 bach kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Jul 2 15:32:23 bach kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Jul 2 15:32:25 bach kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Jul 2 15:32:25 bach kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Jul 2 15:32:25 bach kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Jul 2 15:32:25 bach kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } [and on, every 2 seconds as polled by hald] Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]