aug 5th kernel sources page fault in bcopy _bcopy+0x16: repe movsl (%esi),%es:(%edi) esi = _end+0x11e9260 es = 0x10 edi = 0 _bcopy(4 args)+0x16 _pppstart(1 arg)+0x142 _ppptioctl(5 args)+0x221 _pppintr(1 arg)+0x2f1 _pppintr(5 args)+0x3a _Xsoftnet() I think (reg) is the data at the address in reg. edi certainly should not have been zero as above. -john