Andrew Lewis wrote: > Eventually reverted to my old > kernel, disabled rt_irq, and the system is stable now, but... my > consoles lock up periodically (gnome-terminal/konsole/actual system > console when not running X), which is very bizarre... Yay, pain .... To be fair: this was in fact a problem I started having with OpenVPN round about this time, which I now seem to have gotten around by lowering my MTU. I was working such ridiculous hours in the weeks leading up to this that I really didn't (and still don't) know my ass my from my elbow, so to speak. I remember suspecting the VPN being a problem but then my IQ dropped again and I simply had no idea anymore. I may give PlanetCCRMA another go or just hop straight over to Gentoo. Hello linux-audio-users! -- Andrew Lewis