one last idea -- while you're waiting for it hang (or not) in single user mode, why not run memtest on the thing?
pete > The kernel continues to remain active as evidnt by it continuing to pass > internet traffic to my windows box. But if I try to ssh in to it from that > Windows I get the same series of events, prompt for username, prompt for > password, hang. SAMBA connections also hang up and stop responding. > > I wonder if it could be a problm with the password verification. Although > that wouldn't explain the same series of events when trying to connect to > Webmin because it has it's own password file that I don't believe relies on > the system but I could be wrong. > > When sitting at a text login at the actuall box for example I'll enter the > username and password and it'll stop moving. So I'll hit ALT+F3 to get a > different terminal and I get a black screen, no prompts. So I hit ALT+F7 to > get to my X windows and still get the black screen. > > I'll boot it in to single user mode and see what happens. But it could be a > day or two before it hangs. It can work fine for a few days before it hangs > up like this. snip _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
