BTW, the same thing happens when I press CTRL-S. The machine locks up completely. I opened a remote session via ssh before pressing CTRL-S. The session does not respond any more and gets disconnected after a while. MARK > > Hi, > > I have a brand new Core3 system installed on an old Compaq > Proliant 1815R - I used to have a RedHat system (don't > remember the version, but it was before 8) on there that I > wiped and replaced with the Core 3. I had to specify some > parameters like "ide=nodma nousb nofirewire apm=off > pcmcia=off" to get the thing to run without problems. > > I used a 2-port KVM to switch between that machine and my > Windows box; the kind that switches when you press > Scroll-Lock twice. That worked fine with the redhat system, > but now on Core3, the box freezes on me when I press > "Scroll-Lock". I first thought it was a problem with the KVM, > but it still happens even when I plug the keyboard (PS/2 > btw.) in directly. > > The machine is running as a server in text-only mode, without X. > > Since it worked fine under Redhat I expect that there is some > switch/configuration that should fix this problem? >