Hi, I've done another reboot, took ages to get past starting the cups server (which it eventually did), but looking in var/log/messages, I saw this. Aug 29 11:56:13 T7 kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2 Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: DMA per-cpu: Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1 Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1 Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: Normal per-cpu: Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16 Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16 Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: Free pages: 880kB (0kB HighMem) Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: Active:96241 inactive:92748 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:220 slab:1861 mapped:188696 pagetables:838 Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: DMA free:16kB min:16kB low:32kB high:48kB active:6468kB inactive:6184kB present:16384kB Aug 29 11:56:30 T7 kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: Normal free:864kB min:864kB low:1728kB high:2592kB active:378496kB inactive:364808kB present:769984kB Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 16kB Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: Normal: 0*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 5*32kB 11*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 864kB Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: HighMem: empty Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: Swap cache: add 394473, delete 394454, find 1204/1543, race 0+0 Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3012 (nscd). Aug 29 11:56:31 T7 kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2 Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: DMA per-cpu: Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1 Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1 Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: Normal per-cpu: Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16 Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16 Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: Aug 29 11:56:32 T7 kernel: Free pages: 840kB (0kB HighMem) Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: Active:181407 inactive:7575 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:210 slab:1845 mapped:188772 pagetables:838 Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: DMA free:16kB min:16kB low:32kB high:48kB active:12180kB inactive:516kB present:16384kB Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: Normal free:824kB min:864kB low:1728kB high:2592kB active:713448kB inactive:29784kB present:769984kB Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB Aug 29 11:56:33 T7 kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 29 11:56:34 T7 kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 16kB Aug 29 11:56:34 T7 kernel: Normal: 0*4kB 3*8kB 0*16kB 3*32kB 11*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 824kB Aug 29 11:56:34 T7 kernel: HighMem: empty Aug 29 11:56:34 T7 kernel: Swap cache: add 394912, delete 394912, find 1254/1641, race 0+1 Aug 29 11:56:34 T7 kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3014 (nscd). Other processes killed include such favourites as modprobe (and that's it - though it was killed 8 times!). Is this related to cups and if not, where is it from as I think it should be in bugzilla rather than my desktop. Something *is* up with cups though. If I try to use system-config- printer, the entire machine locks up, lots of HD thrashing and no action. I have to switch the machine off to get things working again. Very annoying! TTFN Paul -- "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we," "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we." - George W. Bush, Aug 2004
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