Hi,

the hd and dvd light are constantly on from boot onwards (using vanilla
2.4.22 and the /var/log/messages is a sequence of messages as in
attachment).
2.4.20 vanilla has no problems whatsoever...


Linux gundam 2.4.22 #5 Sat Sep 6 15:31:04 CEST 2003 i686 unknown unknown 
GNU/Linux

Gnu C                  3.2
Gnu make               3.79.1
util-linux             2.11u
mount                  2.11u
modutils               2.4.19
e2fsprogs              1.32
pcmcia-cs              3.2.0
quota-tools            3.01.
PPP                    2.4.1
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.60
Console-tools          0.2.3
Sh-utils               2.0.15
Modules Loaded         sr_mod tun parport_pc lp parport i810_audio 
ac97_codec soundcore ds yenta_socket pcmcia_core ipt_MASQUERADE 
iptable_nat ipt_state ip_conntrack ipt_LOG iptable_filter ip_tables 
ohci1394 ieee1394 ide-scsi scsi_mod usb-uhci usbcore rtc

it even OOPSED on shutdown:

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f000ff6b
*pde 00000000
oops 0000
eip 0010:[<d092095a>] Not Tainted
........I took a picture of the screen, if you want I send the 1.2 Mb file..


Plz let me know if I can help somehow..

best regards

Flavio Lombardi