I have Knoppix 3.3 installed to the HDD. I notice in my syslog several messages along the lines of:

INIT: "3" Process repawning too fast. Disabling for 5 minutes.
INIT: "4" Process repawning too fast. Disabling for 5 minutes.
INIT: "5" Process repawning too fast. Disabling for 5 minutes.
etc.
etc.
Any idea why this is happinging?

Also, when I logout and tell KDM to restart the machine, it doesn't shutdown and restart. It hangs in the console.

Thanks,

BamaRob