-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, Perhaps I have found some light in this tunnel. I upgraded to the 2.6.12 kernel (yeah, I know, that just changed the entire experiment) and turned off "CPU freq scaling" and "PCI hotplug support" since I didn't think I needed either of those. I built the 2.6.12 kernel and played beer_golf 5 times in a row and the system DID NOT lockup. I'm not sure why those features were enabled in the first place. (I should probably go back to 2.6.11.11 and disable these two features and see if that has any positive effect.) I'm far too much of a pessimist to claim victory, but perhaps my luck is turning for the better. My fingers are still crossed. I am (extremely) cautiously optimistic. I thought I'd mention this in case somebody reads this thread in the future and maybe, just maybe, this tidbit helps. Besides, I've read a lot of threads where the problem is described in detail, but the answer is never forthcoming(!). Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCtkacHl0iXDssISsRAvlGAJ9eVRN8NVKF7sWQtvIfdp4sqLi7BgCfXquw ZP3/O9spJsGk+B2aty2RMDg= =BGSi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----