> My first suspicion, too, was RAM failure, so I ran memtest86 last week > and (hours later) everything checked out okay. > hmmm ... so it's not the RAM. well ... the computer consists of some more hardware. :) however - you might want to reinstall all packages to make sure, that no files have been corrupted. just an idea ... -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.