On 22/03/07, Aron.Darling at emulex.com <Aron.Darling at emulex.com> wrote: > I have also noticed this. I have not yet run CentOS 5 but have been > running RHEL5 for a month or so and it appears that after some time I > cannot open applications in the GUI? Even simple ones like a terminal > won't open. The task bar shown the application as "starting...." and > the mouse goes into "busy mode", then after a minute or so the > application starting goes away and the mouse goes back to the normal > state. ?? I will have to see if I can get a machine running CentOS 5 > and see if the issue is there too. I don't tend to bother with GUIs but is there a possibility the applications are opening on different virtual desktops? Can you see them running with a 'ps uxw' ? If you can't even get a terminal to check, switch to a VTY with CTRL-ALT-F1 (switch back with CTRL-ALT-F8), login and run your ps from there. Will.