OK I am not sure where to begin so here goes: I am running a modified Redhat 6.2 distribution put together by the U of Minn (Gopher Linux) as a KDE workstation. The distribution came with KDE 1.something and I upgraded it to 2.2.1. At any rate have been running it for about 3 weeks now, and the system has locked up 4 times while in kde (no mouse or keyboard, the 3 finger salute does nothing, i have not tried to telnet in when it is locked) some of the lock ups have occurred when actually using the computer. It has also completely rebooted while in kde times--twice when i left the computer for a few minutes and once when I was using it. First of all, it may have nothing to do with kde, i always run it when i use the computer, secondly the rebooting and lock ups may be unrelated. I have looked through of all of the logs in /var/log and have found nothing happening at the time when the computer flakes out. I am very GREEN so if anyone can suggest where else I can look to diagnose this problem please let me know. The machine is dual boot and is quite stable under a "micro" WinLite OS. TIA BCS