AR>> The system freezes after a few days of work. After the crash, I AR>> performed Power OFF/ON - it reboots and continues working just AR>> fine. No unusual/abnormal messages found in /var/log/* It seems AR>> that there was called "cpu halt" instruction by kernel. Well, you obviously don't know what "HLT" instruction does. It does the following: stops the cpu AND waits for interruprs. I.e., every 18ms time interrupt breaks it. Every keypress breaks it. Every mouse move breaks it. Every disk access operation end breaks it. Kernel executes "hlt" when it has nothing to do - so it doesn't burn electricity in vain, like any good environmental-friendlt citizen should do :) OK with this? Now, random lockups might be good hint for faulty hardware - i.e., faulty power supply, memory, etc. Or, if you don't use recent kernel (2.0.36 for over-cautious or lazy to upgrade :), 2.2.4 for others), it might be hint that someone is sending you teardrop or something alike. It might be even automated tool - there are too many uber-idiots over there nowdays which think it's very funny to crash machine of someone they even don't know. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] \/ There shall be counsels taken Stanislav Malyshev /\ Stronger than Morgul-spells phone +972-3-9316425 /\ JRRT LotR. http://sharat.co.il/frodo/ whois:!SM8333
