Salut,

On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 03:04:24PM +0200, emard@softhome.net wrote:
> I think (can't check) that machine freezes when the ntp has reached
> status of being ready to change kernel's clock synthesizer, 

What about ltrace/strace?

> the kernel completely halts. No oops, no blinking leds just
> whole machine stops responding.

Does  magic sysrq  still  work?  I.e. is  the  machine syncing  and/or
rebooting on SysRq?

			    Tonnerre