Network card working now (with pcmcia from rh6.1, the problem I think was irq conflict). Random keyboard localup at boot fixed by disabling gpm. Two problems left. 1. Occasionally at boot I get continous chars written to screen just after the freeing up of unused kernel memory. Touching the keyboard seems to cure it. 2. The 5 second regular write to disk. Tried everything. When X isn't running then it does it only while typing (leave keys alone and it stops). When X is running it does it all the time whether or not there is keyboard input. Tried everything but no success. Nothing being added to any files in /var/log. Tried disabling daemons one by one with linuxconf (no effect). Tried channging the update/flush interval to 300 secs. If I can fix this I might be in business. However, see also my other post about what is best machine for out-of-the-box working. Andy -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Heath Home:+44 (0)114 2885738 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Center for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards
