Monday 05 Sep 2005 19:11 samaye Robert Paulsen alekhiit:
Take a look at /var/log/messages for suspicious entries at the time of failure.
linux:/home/samjnaa # tail /var/log/messages Sep 6 06:57:14 linux SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... Sep 6 06:57:15 linux SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set Sep 6 06:57:38 linux kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Sep 6 06:57:38 linux kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Sep 6 06:57:38 linux kernel: hda: ATAPI reset complete Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 4 Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: ax25: unsupported module, tainting kernel. Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 3 Sep 6 06:57:57 linux kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 5 Sep 6 07:13:45 linux su: (to root) samjnaa on /dev/pts/1 Oho - a "tainted kernel"??? What does that mean and what should I do about it? 06:57 was my bootup time. -- (o- Penguin #395953 lives at http://samvit.org //\ subsisting on ancient Indian wisdom ... V_/_ and modern computing efficiency! :)