This is a sort ``weird bug/success story'' Debian plug. So my machines behind my Debian Sarge NAT/server box start getting finicky about which web pages are actually going to load and which are not; several pages will simply keep my browser waiting indefinitely for data, while others load up just fine. That was *weird*. After cycling through a number of web browsers, I determined that the problem was somewhere below the application layer. I had 48 days of uptime on my 2.6.8-1 Debian stock kernel, and this problem just started happening a few days ago (disclaimer: Sarge is the *testing* distro of Debian). I noticed that my cron-apt had pulled down the latest 2.6.8-2 kernel, installed it, and modified my grub menu. So, I simply rebooted. Everything came up beautifully (it's a headless server w/ no keyboard attached), and now all the web pages work again. I've been pulling down auto-updates for the last 6 months with Debian Sarge, and it has yet to bork my server. At this point, I'm actually considering adding an auto-reboot script to the cron-apt process for new kernels.
Debian is the distro of the gods. Mike .___________________________________________________________________. "Che fai tu, terra, in ciel? Dimmi, che fai, Silenziosa Terra?" - Giuseppe Ungaretti
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