Sorry about some of the lines >80 columns. The inserted lines were taken from /var/log/messages I'm wondering if my zip drive (/dev/hdd4) caused the problems. NOTE: Computer appeared frozen when I tried to login at about 8AM The following taken from /var/log/messages for the time span in question. ========================================================================== Dec 20 07:55:01 linux /usr/sbin/cron[19374]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/mksig_cron) Dec 20 07:59:15 linux resmgr[2332]: set_facl() - ACL error on /dev/hdd4, stat: No such file or directory Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 82237af6 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: printing eip: Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: c014e87e Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: *pde = 00000000 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Oops: 0000 [#5] Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: last sysfs file: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:05.0/resource Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Modules linked in: xt_pkttype ipt_LOG xt_limit snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq af_packet button battery ac ip6t_REJECT xt_tcpudp ipt_REJECT xt_state iptable_mangle iptable_nat ip_nat iptable_filter ip6table_mangle ip_conntrack nfnetlink ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables ipv6 apparmor aamatch_pcre loop dm_mod shpchp pci_hotplug usblp nvidia i2c_viapro snd_ens1371 gameport snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device via686a snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc hwmon amd_k7_agp bt878 tuner tvaudio msp3400 i2c_isa agpgart tulip bttv video_buf firmware_class compat_ioctl32 i2c_algo_bit uhci_hcd v4l2_common btcx_risc ir_common usbcore tveeprom ide_cd i2c_core cdrom videodev ide_floppy parport_pc lp parport reiserfs edd fan thermal processor pdc202xx_old via82cxxx ide_disk ide_core Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: CPU: 0 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c014e87e>] Tainted: P U VLI Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: EFLAGS: 00210296 (2.6.16.21-0.25-default #1) Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: EIP is at remove_inode_buffers+0x16/0x3c Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: eax: 82237af6 ebx: cbcf04a0 ecx: 82237b22 edx: cbcf03d0 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 00000058 ebp: 00000058 esp: dfec9ef0 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Process kswapd0 (pid: 106, threadinfo=dfec8000 task=dff75ab0) Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Stack: <0>cbcf03c8 c015e9a5 00000080 cbcf055c cb56b53c 00005eec dfffeaa0 0000008f Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: 000000d0 c013940d 00473100 00000000 00473100 00033998 00000180 00000000 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: c02c6370 00000003 c02c6120 00000000 c013a217 00000030 00000000 00000000 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Call Trace: Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c015e9a5>] shrink_icache_memory+0xbb/0x195 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c013940d>] shrink_slab+0xda/0x13e Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c013a217>] balance_pgdat+0x1f2/0x30a Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c013a4b2>] kswapd+0xd8/0xda Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c0102a6a>] work_resched+0x5/0x16 Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c013a3da>] kswapd+0x0/0xda Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c01259c4>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c013a3da>] kswapd+0x0/0xda Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: [<c0101005>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Dec 20 07:59:16 linux kernel: Code: 89 49 04 8b 0b 39 d9 74 0a eb e9 8b 88 d8 00 00 00 eb e1 5b c3 53 8d 98 d8 00 00 00 39 98 d8 00 00 00 75 20 eb 24 8b 03 83 e8 2c <8b> 00 a8 02 74 04 31 c0 eb 1a 8b 11 8b 41 04 89 42 04 89 10 89 Dec 20 08:00:01 linux /usr/sbin/cron[19459]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/mksig_cron) =====================REBOOT a little after 8AM =================================================== Dec 20 08:00:49 linux syslog-ng[2296]: STATS: dropped 0 Dec 20 08:04:52 linux syslog-ng[2357]: syslog-ng version 1.6.8 starting Dec 20 08:04:52 linux ifstatus: lo Can anyone tell from the above what might have caused the computer to appear frozen? Thanks, Terry -- SUSE LINUX 10.1 (i586) -- 2.6.16.21-0.25-default -- Wed 12/20/06 8:20am up 0:17, 4 users, load average: 0.06, 0.11, 0.23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org