I installed the 2.4.3 enterprise kernel that comes with LM8.0. When I do su inside a shell, the system hangs completely. I can see a few pixels blinking on the X screen. This however dosn't happen if i ssh to the machine from another and do a su. Any ideas why this is happening? This did not happen in the regular kernel. Also, here is the output from /var/log/messages at the point of hanging. Its basically garbage! Jun 17 22:07:54 vx15 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Jun 17 22:07:55 vx15 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Jun 17 22:12:16 vx15 syslogd 1.4-0:restart. Some stats on the machine: LM 8.0 kernel : 2.4.3-20mdkenterprise #1 SMP Sun Apr 15 22:48:22 CEST 2001 i686 unknown 1GHz Athelon, 1.5GB RAM, single processor, GeForce2 GTS graphics card or better yet, # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP] 00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 22) 00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 10) 00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10) 00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10) 00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30) 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor AU8810 Vortex Digital Audio Processor (rev 02) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) (rev a3) thanks for your help in advance! regards, sarang -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarang Lakare [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~lsarang/linux] !!Join the fight for freedom - Go GNU/Linux!!