Hi, I found out that a printk() in ACPI code is missing the newline; the next kernel message is then appended on the same line (and priority is not stripped), eg: Device `[FAN0]' is not power manageable<6>ACPI: Fan [FAN0] (on) This trivial patch (against 2.6.18-rc1) fixes it. Signed-Off-By: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@xxxxxxxxx> --- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c 2006-07-08 15:12:32.855837715 +0200 +++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c 2006-07-08 15:12:46.848712215 +0200 @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ /* Make sure this is a valid target state */ if (!device->flags.power_manageable) { - printk(KERN_DEBUG "Device `[%s]' is not power manageable", + printk(KERN_DEBUG "Device `[%s]' is not power manageable\n", device->kobj.name); return -ENODEV; } Luca -- Home: http://kronoz.cjb.net Il piu` bel momento dell'amore e` quando ci si illude che duri per sempre; il piu` brutto, quando ci si accorge che dura da troppo. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html