I agree. Once I prove that it is (for example) cron that's triggering it, then all I have to do is track down all the things it's running and try them out one by one. I suspect FC2 will be out sooner than I have an answer... :) P. On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 10:02, WipeOut wrote: > Paul Furness wrote: > > > > I don't think its to do with anacron because people have mentioned > leaving SMP systems running overnight to find they had locked up > sometime during the night which would indicate the cron had run.. > > An easy way to test would be to ( in 24 hours time when you test is > finished ) start cron and leave anacron stopped and see if the system is > still running the following morning.. Then do the opposite the next day.. > > Don't you hate how time consuming tracking a fault cane be.. :) > > I honestly don't think its cron (or anacron) itself, I think it is > something that is being run by cron or anacron that screws up a system > with X or Gnome or some other app installed.. > > Later.. >