After my last message i've just found i've omit to add the alias section read in AX25-HOWTO in my conf.modules.
now my conf.modules is : # We could start with a keep statement in here, but since we use a different # order for the module path's we just override the whole thing. # AX25 alias net-pf-3 ax25 alias net-pf-6 netrom alias net-pf-11 rose alias tty-ldisc-1 slip alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp alias tty-ldisc-5 mkiss alias bc0 baycom alias nr0 netrom alias pi0a pi2 alias pt0a pt alias scc0 optoscc (or one of the other scc drivers) alias sm0 soundmodem alias tunl0 newtunnel alias char-major-4 serial alias char-major-5 serial alias char-major-6 lp # END alias block-major-7 loop #alias net-pf-3 off alias net-pf-4 off # If you don't have appletalk and don't want to see error messages # uncomment the next line: #alias net-pf-5 off alias netalias-2 ip_alias alias char-major-4 serial alias char-major-10-130 softdog alias iso9660 isofs alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias net-pf-17 af_packet alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout # If you use the IDE tape driver as a module, uncomment the next two lines: # alias block-major-3 ide-probe # alias char-major-37 ide-tape #alias eth0 <enter your driver here> #alias <whatever you don't have that kerneld complains about> off -------------- before that i ve read in my syslog : Oct 5 18:08:58 f5git modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5 ??? Do you know why ? my new conf.modules is it correct for ax25 used and is it possible which my omission was the cause of my crash ??? Many thanks again , Tony ------------ Tony Schonfeld - F5GIT - GRENOBLE - Voice/Data/Fax: +33 (0)476932598 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://schonfeld.home.ml.org - http://www.voiron.com/associations/ham/ Hamnet (ax25): [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]