Hello, This is what I could get. ========================== Process cc1plus (pid: 29992, threadinfo=c173a000 task=c1d74a10 Stack: 0000bba8 c00bb9c0 c124742c c03083fc 00000000 c0308380 c030849c c173bbc4 c013725b c0308380 00000000 00000000 00000083 c0308380 c0308380 c030848c c173bbf0 c0137623 c0308380 00000000 00ff00ff c030849c 00000000 00000046 Call Trace: [] rmqueue_bulk+0xdb/0x140 [] buffered_rmqueue+0x253/0x270 [] __alloc_pages+0xac/0x320 [] __get_free_pages+0x22/0x50 [] cache_grow+0x114/0x450 [] cache_alloc_refill+0x381/0x4d0 [] kmem_cache_alloc+0x19b/0x1c0 [] alloc_skb+0x1c/0xe0 [] tulip_refill_rx+0x91/0x100 [] handle_IRQ_event+0x33/0x60 [] do_IRQ+0x119/0x2f0 [] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20 [] panic+0xc3/e0 [] die+0x154/0x1e0 [] do_page_fault+0x260/0x574 [] ide_build_sglist+0x32/0xb0 [] __mod_timer+0x247/0x670 [] recalc_task_prio+0xab/0x200 [] ide_build_sglist+0x32/0xb0 [] do_page_fault+0x0/0x574 [] error_code+0x2d/0x40 [] unlock_page+0x25/0x50 [] end_swap_bio_read+0x36/0x50 [] bio_endio+0x45/0x70 [] __end_that_request_first+0x1d7/0x230 [] ide_end_request+0xb8/0x220 [] ide_dma_intr+0x6d/0x90 [] ide_intr+0x245/0x4c0 [] ide_dma_intr+0x0/0x90 [] handle_IRQ_event+0x33/0x60 [] do_IRQ+0x119/0x2f0 [] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20 Code: 89 02 89 50 04 c7 01 00 01 10 00 c7 41 04 00 02 20 00 8b 55 <0>Kernel Panic: Fatal exception in interrupt In interrupt handler - not synching ========================== Getting this in your logs looks rather - hmm - amusing, to say the least: Jun 1 02:27:01 slowcoach CRON[29951]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons ) Jun 1 02:28:01 slowcoach CRON[29967]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons ) Jun 1 02:29:01 slowcoach CRON[29978]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons ) Jun 1 02:30:00 slowcoach CRON[29995]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons ) Jun 1 08:00:52 slowcoach syslog-ng[5253]: syslog-ng version 1.6.0rc3 starting Anyway, I also attach my .config file. # uname -a Linux slowcoach 2.6.6 #2 Sat May 22 16:17:30 SAST 2004 i586 Pentium 75 - 200 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 2 model name : Pentium 75 - 200 stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 90.088 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : yes coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de tsc msr mce cx8 bogomips : 174.59 # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 21316411 XT-PIC timer 1: 984 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 4: 50 XT-PIC serial 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc 11: 63961 XT-PIC eth0 14: 17038 XT-PIC ide0 15: 17317 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 I also have vm.min_free_kbytes = 1024 in /etc/sysctl.conf, which is already 4 times the default value for my 64MB ram. This info was gathered on a clean boot - obviously. Jaco