[i]It can be packet routing problem. But big beep from your other mail is not, of course :-)[/i]
Thanks for your understanding. The routing problem should be alleviated by nwam; later. My main concern was and is on the freeze. Also this time, as the beep started, I could still write and post the message. But no more 'ps'. I could close the terminals, but could not open any other; but still navigate with the mouse to other applications, and even open a gedit ('Text Editor'). Around 10 minutes later name resolution stopped, though I could still mouse-click to other windows. Finally a few more minutes into the scenario, mouse clicks also would not work, the keyboard would be dead. Another hard reset was on the order. There *is* a serious problem with a driver that reproducibly brings down a system. plug-unplug/plumb-unplumb or not. Uwe -- This message posted from opensolaris.org