Does this have to do with the thing that kills off processes when memory is low? Feb 23 04:39:32 nano kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for xkill Maybe xkill should be something allowed to run? The app that I ran freaked(slrnconf) and snarfed up all my memory rapidly. If I could have killed it xkill maybe it would not have been a problem. Just a tought. Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/