On 09 Jan 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 09:15:10AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 08 Jan 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:37:09AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > On 07 Jan 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Jan 7, 2008 6:57 AM, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Er ror } > > > > > > Jan 7 10:32:50 corinthia kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { > > > > > > AbortedCommand } Jan 7 10:32:50 corinthia kernel: ide: failed > > > > > > opcode was: 0xef > > > > > > > > > > Is your CDROM drive going bad? > > > > > > > > That'w what I'm wondering. But it wtill works OK. And why does the > > > > message not appear with the other installation of Debian? > > > > > > Have you tried reinstalling the kernel? > > > > > Linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 is not available now. I tried the currently > > available kernel (2.6.23) but this gave the same error and also > > prevented X from working for some reason. I removed acpi-support and the > > error went away. > > 2.6.23 is not in Etch. If you're running lenny or sid with a 2.6.18-4 > then you are seriously out of date. If you're running Etch with > 2.6.18-4 then your are mildly out of date. > > Current kernel on Etch is 2.6.18-5 and there have been several security > updates to it (without changing the version number). Ideally, you > should have the linux-image-2.6 meta-package installed which always > depends on the most recent stable version. > > Doug. >
This is Sid. As I say, I tried the current kernel (2.6.23) there but for some reason Icewm wouldn't start properly - it hung halfway through the process. And the error message about /dev/hdc was there as well so it doesn't seem to be a kernel problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]