On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 00:19 -0400, David C. Chipman wrote: > Hi Ed, > > > > Do you really think he should be trying to fix this on a machine that > > is freezing all the time? Don't you think he should be fixing that > > first? > > Yes I do. Why is the machine freezing all the time? > Could it be drive access problems? It all depends. Certainly his RPM > database is hosed. Sorry, Ed, When my AMD Athlon64 machine was brand new, it did the same thing. Power Supply. The dealer changed it out and nary a problem since. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================