Hi, Sometimes while connected via ppp, things just seem to stop. I'm still connected, but can't access anything. Now, I know the problem, just not what's causing it. In /var/log/messages, there will be an entry somewhere along the lines of "??lost compression something??, disableing compression". Also, anyone know what might be causing my partitions not to unmount. At every shutdown, /usr, /root, /backup, and if mounted, /mnt/cdhprw, and /mnt/cddvd. These will fail 3 times, and on the fourth the system will halt. Whenever I mount the cdroms, I will not be able to unmount until a reboot, which is quite annoying. I'm getting to hate the saying "device or resource busy"!!! Thanks for any help, Mark A Basil -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.