I noticed the 2.2.16 kernel out on ftp.suse.com and decided to take it for a spin (the EIDE kernel). It booted fine but the system ground to a halt after firing up a few applications. Needless to say, I went back to 2.2.14 immediately. The following is the kernel log from my messages file. At first I thought it was a VMware problem, but if you look at the last two log entries, the problems reoccur when VMware isn't running. Has anybody tried 2.2.16 and experienced similar problems? Jun 26 22:47:58 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:47:59 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 22:48:07 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 22:48:14 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:48:14 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 22:48:25 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for scanlogd... Jun 26 22:48:25 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:49:01 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:49:03 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for manpath... Jun 26 22:49:03 major kernel: VM: killing process manpath Jun 26 22:49:11 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:49:45 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 22:49:52 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:50:02 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:50:08 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for deskguide_apple... Jun 26 22:50:08 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for panel... Jun 26 22:50:12 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:50:17 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for panel... Jun 26 22:50:17 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for sawfish... Jun 26 22:50:30 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:51:09 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 22:51:10 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 22:51:10 major kernel: VM: terminating process vmware Jun 26 23:33:27 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 23:33:27 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:33:29 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for X... Jun 26 23:33:29 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for panel... Jun 26 23:33:31 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:33:37 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 23:33:38 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:33:39 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nmbd... Jun 26 23:33:41 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:33:41 major kernel: VM: terminating process vmware Jun 26 23:33:46 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:45:02 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 23:45:08 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:45:09 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for X... Jun 26 23:45:12 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 23:45:18 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nmbd... Jun 26 23:45:18 major kernel: VM: killing process nmbd Jun 26 23:45:22 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for run-crons... Jun 26 23:45:22 major kernel: VM: killing process run-crons Jun 26 23:45:23 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for find... Jun 26 23:45:27 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 26 23:45:37 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for vmware... Jun 26 23:45:37 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for xntpd... Jun 26 23:45:37 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for httpd... Jun 26 23:45:37 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for in.identd... Jun 26 23:45:49 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gaim_applet... Jun 26 23:45:56 major kernel: VM: killing process gaim_applet Jun 26 23:45:56 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gnome-name-serv... Jun 26 23:45:56 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for xntpd... Jun 26 23:45:56 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for smbd... Jun 26 23:45:56 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for xntpd... Jun 26 23:45:56 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for httpd... Jun 27 00:00:29 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jun 27 00:00:32 major kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gzip... -- John Ross Hunt bigboote@mediaone.net <mailto:bigboote@mediaone.net> -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/