The .config is attached. The machine works fine with stock RH 7.1 kernel. When it hangs, ctrl-alt-del does not work, and the last time, the HD light was on solid. It hangs right after entering 'interactive' mode when setting up the keymap, but sometimes it gets one or two steps farther. Any ideas? Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear