Hi List , I am running Suse-10 2.6.13-15 on a Dell Poweredge 700 I tried yast2->hardware->hardware information , the qt popup came and at 3% completion while looking for tapes stopped and hanged. this is process table entry 4 D root 25921 25901 0 77 0 - 10037 - 11:54 pts/3 00:00:03 /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base hwinfo qt -geometry then i ran hwinfo on the command line twice and both times it hanged at : vega:~ # hwinfo
block.5: /dev/sr0
and here are the two PID entries 4 D root 26130 1 0 79 0 - 1767 - 12:06 ? 00:00:00 hwinfo 4 D root 26479 25565 0 78 0 - 1766 - 12:36 pts/3 00:00:00 hwinfo any pointers ?? Digz **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***