==> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:37:22 -0500, Bill Mills-Curran <bill@mills-curran.net> said: Bill> Some kind of email loop started on my system yesterday that generated a Bill> huge inbox (> 20 GB) on my system. It was detecting a relay loop and Bill> then emailing the error which triggered another one. Each email was Bill> larger than the last because it contained an account of all the Bill> previous errors. After cleaning everything up, I rebooted because Bill> some processes had failed due to lack of memory. Bill> After rebooting to runlevel 5, I could not get back to graphics mode, Bill> at least a visible graphics screen. Although I can sometimes get a Bill> graphics screen showing boot progress, it never gets to the splash Bill> screen. Everything from the text/console screens looks normal. I Bill> have not found any errors in the system log. I've tried switching Bill> monitors, and get the same result. Bill> Now I've noticed errors in my logwatch email for the last 2 days (same Bill> error twice): Bill> --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ Bill> WARNING: Kernel Errors Present Bill> [<c01037ef>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 ...: 69 Time(s) Bill> [<c0313190>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x630 [<c01037ef>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 ...: 62 Time(s) Bill> Normal free:3224kB min:2776kB low:3468kB high:4164kB active:206364kB inactive:206236kB present:498944kx630 [<c01037ef>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 ...: 1 Time(s) Bill> ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- Bill> Because I had not previously noticed this error, I was thinking that Bill> the video problem was hardware -- I was starting to look for a Bill> replacement video card. Now I'm not so sure. Bill> What do these kernel errors mean? Don't know, there's not enough to go on. Bill> Where are they logged? dmesg. Bill> Are the problems related (kernel errors & video problem)? maybe. Bill> Any opinion whether this is a hardware or software problem? Get the output from the 'dmesg' command and post it here as a follow-up. -Jeff