For several months I have had frequent lockups using 2.4.x kernels. They began with about 2.4.10 and have continued down to 2.4.17. They always occur when I am online, downloading. The moden stops, the hard disk light is on, and no key works. They never happen with 2.2.20 or with earlier (i.e. pre-ext3) 2.4 kernels, and they never occur on my laptop with any kernel, including those using ext3. Since inactivating ext3 (by changing /etc/fstab) the lockups have ceased to occur. I therefore conclude that the lockups are due to ext3. I can manage without it but would like to use it if possible. Any suggestions please? BTW, this is an Intel Coppermine 600Mhz, with 192M memory. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
