-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This box has been ceasing to respond, on occasion, when nothing out of the ordinary is not taking place on the desktop. I finally loaded gkrellm to scope things out, and discovered that the processor load is inexplicably going to 99% for short time before the desktop stops responding. Oddly enough, the power button will still shut the box down in its ordinary(?) fashion & the desktop session is saved, apparently, since it comes up as I left it. I have just recently installed some new software but none of it was, or has been, in use when this happens. I can think of nothing else that would have changed an otherwise stable system (it has been up for roughly 35 days --outside of the occasional reboot for this problem or the CD problem (mentioned in another thread)-- & active. Now, the question: I have enabled the 'runaway process catcher. Will it... (1)notify one of the particular process causing this phenomenon...? (2)shut down the offending process...? (3)Both 1 & 2...? (4)Neither...? There seems to be not much info available in KDE about this so if someone can tell me what I can expect from the catcher or otherwise direct me to a resource I would be appreciative. - -- ...CH Avoid doing business with 'The Link' ISP. SuSE Is All U Need Linux user# 313696 Linux box# 199365 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAcZ4lamdq40EXXvQRAngFAJoDiNyjYzdnb+w4oDqMWcjudDOCIACeIwDP d1ytscrBqfdKMII0YQ2Axt4= =Iz4a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----