Hi List-- Does any one know if you have to "re-start" your macine after installing two new SuSE security patches: ppp and/or yast2-config-inet ? Reason for asking is I experienced my first "system ooops" on my SuSE 8.0 box (i586) on Saturday 1/25/03 I assuming it was something I did rather than effects of some mal-ware. However, with the hub-bub this weekend over major major connectivity problems caused by an exploit of vulnerability published in June 2002 which some Server admins had just ignored, I have been going through my logs, etc. I had downloaded two patches via YOU Friday nite: "yast2-config-inet (2.5.6-0)" and "ppp-19082 (2.4.-283) I then logged out to "the other user screen", and went to bed. However, I did not re-start my machine. Next day, I could not log back in. My system admin killed the machine, and then we did a power off/on, restart. I am now looking at logs but and studying "ksymoops" to make more sense out of my logs. In the meantime, I think what cause my Oooops was I did not re-start my machine after loading these two patches. I "re-call" that the "directions" that came with the patches said I need to "re-start" but I forgot, and now I can't find those directions. Am I right, did I need to "re-start"??? -- TIA Gar __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/