My fedora installation is rebooting by itself... There were no core dumps whatsoever.... how do I troubleshoot this? I have already disabled SNORT, thinking that this might have contributed to my hanging problems before.... latest entries from /var/log/messages regarding the last reboot. Mar 15 22:24:57 mail kernel: Drop - LAN only: IN=eth1 OUT=ppp0 SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=80.144.155.95 LEN=46 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=42438 PROTO=UDP SPT=15009 DPT=139 LEN=26 Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [generic_file_write+310/336] generic_file_write [kernel] 0x136 (0xd6899f48) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [<c0136306>] generic_file_write [kernel] 0x136 (0xd6899f48) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [ipt_limit:__insmod_ipt_limit_O/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl/kernel/+-1232919/128] ext3_file_write [ext3] 0x39 (0xd6899f74) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [<e001cfe9>] ext3_file_write [ext3] 0x39 (0xd6899f74) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [sys_write+163/304] sys_write [kernel] 0xa3 (0xd6899f94) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [<c0143173>] sys_write [kernel] 0xa3 (0xd6899f94) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [system_call+51/56] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xd6899fc0) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: [<c01095f7>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xd6899fc0) Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: Mar 16 08:50:54 mail kernel: Code: 39 73 08 74 05 8b 5b 10 eb f2 39 7b 0c 75 f6 85 db 74 32 ff Mar 16 09:29:12 mail proftpd[7132]: mail.psinergybbs.com (211-23-202-115.HINET-IP.hinet.net[211.23.202.115]) - FTP session opened. Mar 16 09:29:13 mail proftpd[7132]: mail.psinergybbs.com (211-23-202-115.HINET-IP.hinet.net[211.23.202.115]) - FTP session closed. Mar 16 11:27:42 mail sshd(pam_unix)[10712]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=202.138.161.252 user=root Mar 16 11:27:59 mail sshd(pam_unix)[10712]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppd[2293]: No response to 3 echo-requests Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppd[2293]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppd[2293]: Connection terminated. Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppd[2293]: Connect time 346.5 minutes. Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppd[2293]: Sent 2756306 bytes, received 57695825 bytes. Mar 16 13:08:02 mail kernel: <7>divert: no divert_blk to free, ppp0 not ethernet Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppoe[2294]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Session 3345: Input/output error Mar 16 13:08:02 mail pppoe[2294]: Sent PADT Mar 16 13:08:02 mail /etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug: arguments (net) env (OLDPWD=/ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=unregister PWD=/etc/hotplug HOME=/ SHLVL=2 INTERFACE=ppp0 _=/bin/env) Mar 16 13:08:02 mail /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not supported Mar 16 13:08:03 mail pppd[2293]: Exit. Mar 16 13:08:03 mail adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting re-connection. Mar 16 13:08:08 mail pppd[13850]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Mar 16 13:08:08 mail /etc/hotplug.d/default/default.hotplug: arguments (net) env (OLDPWD=/ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=register PWD=/etc/hotplug HOME=/ SHLVL=2 INTERFACE=ppp0 _=/bin/env) Mar 16 13:08:08 mail /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Mar 16 13:08:08 mail pppd[13850]: Using interface ppp0 Mar 16 13:08:08 mail pppd[13850]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Mar 16 13:08:08 mail pppoe[13851]: PPP session is 6344 Mar 16 13:08:09 mail pppd[13850]: local IP address 203.131.144.230 Mar 16 13:08:09 mail pppd[13850]: remote IP address 203.131.175.1 Mar 16 13:08:09 mail pppd[13850]: primary DNS address 202.57.96.4 Mar 16 13:08:09 mail pppd[13850]: secondary DNS address 203.172.11.25 Mar 16 13:08:09 mail firewall: Flushing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded Mar 16 13:08:09 mail firewall: Clearing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded Mar 16 13:08:09 mail firewall: Flushing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded Mar 16 13:08:09 mail firewall: Clearing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded Mar 16 14:56:28 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Mar 16 14:56:28 mail syslog: syslogd startup succeeded Mar 16 14:56:28 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Mar 16 14:56:28 mail kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl Mar 16 14:56:28 mail syslog: klogd startup succeeded In my grub.conf: title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ apm=off acpi=off initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.img -- Peter Santiago peters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx My website: www.psinergybbs.com My spamtrap address: r34987y@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Random Thought: ---------------