After a very short idle time when at the command line (tty) either $ or #, I get "ABORTED IN=eth) OUT=MAC=OO:6:7b ............... and is repeated over and over until I type RET, which brings me back to the $ or # prompt. This does not happen in Konsole. Not major but very annoying. Can someone shed some light on my little problem? Thanks in advance

I think that's from firewall (Guarddog), see if you can turn the log off.

Thanks, how would I go about turning the log off?

start guarddog (from kmenu or type guarddog in "run command")

there's a Logging tab, check over there to have logging turned off.

Guess I'm thick as a board , AdrianTM. I have the logging window up but still don't see anywhere to turn logging off.

then maybe it's something else....

It's an error message from your network, telling you that your ethernet controler (eth) cannot connect to the device with the specified MAC.

I'd suspect that you've recently replaced your controler, and didn't remove the older connection. (Just a guess.)

Anyhow, review your network connnection settings -- you've got something wrong there.

Oh, the message is displayed on the console, but should also be in the log files in /var/logs/.

I'm still dead in the water. No controller replaced .... This is a new

MEPIS 3.3.1 install on a new pentium IV, ADSL. Network Interfaces....

STATUS ...Network status lo ip: 127.0.0.1 eth0 ip: 192.168.165

MISC ... Start lo at system boot

Configure DNS....use DHCP for DNS

eth0.....Configure eth0 Network Start at system boot

$ dmesg | less, I get

INDOW=97 Res=0x00 RST URGP=0, there after I get the ABORTED

IN=etho OUT=MAC=00:06:76 ...... repeated many times. Is this any

help in pinning down my problem? Maybe it would be best if I

reinstall and hope for a fix?

check this out
I don't think reinstalling would solve anything. Try to turn Guarddog completly off to see if that's the cause.

I personally don't use Guarddog, one of the first thing to do was to remove it and install Firestarter which I find easier to understand. Also I don't think this is a capital problem.

Ok Adrian, I'm going to go with Firestarter. Thanks for your time. It's much appreciated.
Cheers