I must be more like an NT guy... recently, I've encountered a few problems with KDE (on init startup, it would cause the box to lock as soon as the sound driver played the opening fanfare). otherwise, my box has been stable as a rock. Technomage Hawke Gary Nichols wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have only seen linux boxen 'lock up' because of a hardware problem, > a race condition (like a custom compile of X - don't ask), etc. You > might want to write some logging scripts, throw your daemons into > debug mode, etc to catch what's causing your box to lock up. > > I've seen other linux admins completely lose their minds when their > boxes lock up because they NEVER lock up. > > Most of the NT guys I know flip the reset switch and go back to > reading slashdot without losing a beat. :-) Ok, that was a cheap > shot. I'm a bad BOFH. > -- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own - No. 6