gnome magicdev constantly accessing hd?

[Martin Brown <mjbjr beaudesign com>]

I've just:

    installed RH7.1 Deluxe Workstation
    used up2date agent and updated everything
    loaded additional packages
    rebooted

    then noticed the following:

When I do 'startx' one of my scsi hd's (linux is installed on
scsi drives) takes a lite hit every 2 seconds.  Exit gnome it stops.
Enter gnome it starts again.  Looking at 'top', I started killing
processes.  When I killed 'magicdev' it stopped.

'/var/log/messages has filled up with tons of:

Sep 24 02:54:31 localhost kernel: sym53c895-0-<4,0>: sync msgout:
1-3-1-a-1f.
Sep 24 02:54:31 localhost kernel: sym53c895-0-<4,0>: sync msg in:
1-3-1-c-8.
Sep 24 02:54:31 localhost kernel: sym53c895-0-<4,0>: sync: per=12
scntl3=0xb0 scntl4=0x0 ofs=8 fak=0 chg=0.
Sep 24 02:54:31 localhost kernel: sym53c895-0-<4,0>: sync msgout:
1-3-1-a-1f.
Sep 24 02:54:31 localhost kernel: sym53c895-0-<4,0>: sync msg in:
1-3-1-c-8.
Sep 24 02:54:31 localhost kernel: sym53c895-0-<4,0>: sync: per=12
scntl3=0xb0 scntl4=0x0 ofs=8 fak=0 chg=0.


I installed all the latest ximian packages, too, hoping that might fix it,
but the problem continues.

Any ideas?

                            - Martin J. Brown, Jr. -
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