Thank you for your reaction. Heiko wrote: >What does the last line before all this in '/var/adm/messages' say?
I found the following sequence of lines: --------------------------------------------------------- Nov 4 07:55:43 Johann syslogd: exiting on signal 15 Nov 4 09:15:24 Johann syslogd 1.3-0#6: restart. Nov 4 09:15:25 Johann kernel: klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Nov 4 09:15:25 Johann syslogd 1.3-0#6: restart. Nov 4 09:15:25 Johann syslogd: select: Bad file number Nov 4 09:15:56 Johann last message repeated 20827 times Nov 4 09:16:57 Johann last message repeated 47428 times Nov 4 09:17:58 Johann last message repeated 46865 times ----------------------------------------------------------- and I do not know what it means and how to fix it. Can somebody help please? Johann. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]