since i have installed suse 8.0, sometimes i get the following error message in /var/log/messages and the program i started freezes: Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e0000000 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: printing eip: Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: c4cdbae9 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: *pde = 00000000 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Oops: 0000 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: CPU: 0 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: EIP: 0010:[parport:__insmod_parport_S.bss_L64+33318345/11667682] Tainted: PF Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: ae6b9fb0 ecx: e4aab3fd edx: 0fdb3d10 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: esi: e0000000 edi: d29cfe2c ebp: d29cfec4 esp: d29cfddc Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Process find (pid: 1930, stackpage=d29cf000) Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Stack: c0140030 d29cfe94 e2a32176 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 d5950840 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: d5952320 00000000 00011fe9 00000000 00000000 00000000 d596c000 00000002 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000004 c4cda335 cc385bc0 d29cffb0 c0140030 Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Call Trace: [filldir64+0/276] [parport:__insmod_parport_S.bss_L64+33312277/11673750] [filldir64+0/276] [filldir64+0/276] [find_or_create_page+199/224] Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: [parport:__insmod_parport_S.bss_L64+33312418/11673609] [filldir64+0/276] [parport:__insmod_parport_S.bss_L64+33316332/11669695] [filldir64+0/276] [vfs_readdir+97/132] [filldir64+0/276] Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: [sys_getdents64+79/179] [filldir64+0/276] [sys_fcntl64+127/136] [system_call+51/64] Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Apr 22 05:18:17 linux kernel: Code: 8a 06 46 89 c2 c1 e2 04 01 da c1 e8 04 01 c2 8d 04 92 8d 1c first i thought it could be a hardware problem, but i installed everything on a second system and still get the error messages! the problem always appears when i use "find / -name anything", after a while the system freezes. anybody out there who could help? thank you manfred -- ------------------------------------------------ Manfred Larcher manfred.larcher@grufo.com Tel.: +43/699/17 10 50 50 Fax: +43/650/61654 www.grufo.com ------------------------------------------------ www.edelweiss-grossarl.at www.oberlandliga.com www.kathrein-gmbh.com