Continuous Error Code in TTY consoles

[Larry Hartman]

> Take a look at what "dmesg" tells you about these errors, should be
> mentioned there somewhere. Another place to keep an eye on is
> "/var/log/messages" which you can follow using : 'tail -f
> /var/log/messages' as command.
>
> Another thing is to check system services (system settings -> advanced ->
> system services) and look if  'laptop-mode" is running. If it is, stop it
> and see if these error messages go away. If so, disable that service at
> boot time ........ your laptop will run fine without it. It's only
> needed/used for power saving by spinning down a drive that hasn't been
> accessed for a while.

Laptop mode was disabled.

My KSystemLog reports an ongoing series of errors--there appears to be no 
further data as to what causes this.
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11/11/2006 07:26:05 PM	localhost	kernel	[17187634.960000] hdc: error code: 
0x70  sense_key: 0x02  asc: 0x30  ascq: 0x00


At one point (after several hundred of the above lines) it reports this error
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11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved 
address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 2

11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved 
address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 0

11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved 
address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only 
configuration source at position 3

11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved 
address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration 
source at position 4

11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Resolved 
address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at 
position 1

11/11/2006 07:36:23 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	starting (version 2.14.0), 
pid 7838 user 'root'

11/11/2006 07:36:53 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	Exiting

11/11/2006 07:36:53 PM	localhost	gconfd (root-7838)	GConf server is not in 
use, shutting down.


KSystemLog also reports the following xorg.conf errors
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	information	drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1023

	information	drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card93

	information	drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)

	information	drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)

	information	drmOpenDevice: Open failed


Which I am assuming that the above began with /dev/dri/card0 and continues 
to /dev/dri/card254.  There are also a bunch of errors at the end
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	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:29:14 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:29:15 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:30:55 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:30:55 2006: 5221 X: client 31 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:33:54 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:33:54 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:25 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:26 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:36 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:36 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:34:36 2006: 5221 X: client 33 rejected from 
local host

	information	  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:55:40 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected from 
local host

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:55:55 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected from 
local host

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:56:06 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected from 
local host

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 17:56:45 2006: 5221 X: client 8 rejected from 
local host

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 18:12:01 2006: 5221 X: client 35 rejected from 
local host

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 18:12:01 2006: 5221 X: client 35 rejected from 
local host

	information	AUDIT: Sat Nov 11 18:12:01 2006: 5221 X: client 35 rejected from 
local host



KSystemLog reports that there is no /var/log/boot.log.  I'll let you mull over 
this.  Still exploring the system tools in KDE.  I do appreciate your help.