1. using 10.10 ubuntu on the client, and the server has red hat enterprise 2.6.18. 2. I left off the -f because the server has other users on it. PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:16 init 2 ? 00:00:32 migration/0 3 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 4 ? 00:00:24 migration/1 5 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1 6 ? 00:00:00 events/0 7 ? 00:00:00 events/1 8 ? 00:00:00 khelper 39 ? 00:00:00 kthread 44 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0 45 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/1 46 ? 00:00:00 kacpid 103 ? 00:00:00 cqueue/0 104 ? 00:00:00 cqueue/1 107 ? 00:00:00 khubd 109 ? 00:00:00 kseriod 181 ? 00:00:00 khungtaskd 182 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 183 ? 00:00:42 pdflush 184 ? 00:00:05 kswapd0 185 ? 00:00:00 aio/0 186 ? 00:00:00 aio/1 328 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused 374 ? 00:00:00 mpt_poll_0 375 ? 00:00:00 mpt/0 376 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0 380 ? 00:00:00 ata/0 381 ? 00:00:00 ata/1 382 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux 389 ? 00:00:00 kstriped 402 ? 00:00:00 ksnapd 417 ? 00:01:51 kjournald 442 ? 00:00:04 kauditd 475 ? 00:00:00 udevd 1172 ? 00:00:00 sshd 1174 ? 00:00:00 sshd 1175 pts/2 00:00:00 csh 1191 pts/2 00:00:00 pine 1279 ? 00:00:00 kmpathd/0 1280 ? 00:00:00 kmpathd/1 1281 ? 00:00:00 kmpath_handlerd 1304 ? 00:00:28 kjournald 1309 ? 00:00:45 kjournald 1312 ? 00:00:01 kjournald 1321 ? 00:00:01 kjournald 1324 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 1563 ? 00:00:06 vmmemctl 1746 ? 00:03:44 vmtoolsd 1897 ? 00:00:00 iscsi_eh 1958 ? 00:00:00 ib_addr 1971 ? 00:00:00 ib_mcast 1972 ? 00:00:00 ib_inform 1973 ? 00:00:00 local_sa 1977 ? 00:00:00 iw_cm_wq 1981 ? 00:00:00 ib_cm/0 1982 ? 00:00:00 ib_cm/1 1986 ? 00:00:00 rdma_cm 2004 ? 00:00:00 brcm_iscsiuio 2010 ? 00:00:00 iscsid 2011 ? 00:00:00 iscsid 2406 ? 00:00:25 auditd 2408 ? 00:00:11 audispd 2438 ? 00:00:40 syslogd 2441 ? 00:00:00 klogd 2455 ? 00:00:04 irqbalance 2486 ? 00:00:00 portmap 2517 ? 00:00:35 rpciod/0 2518 ? 00:00:21 rpciod/1 2526 ? 00:00:00 rpc.statd 2558 ? 00:00:00 rpc.idmapd 2581 ? 00:00:02 dbus-daemon 2616 ? 00:00:08 nfsiod 2617 ? 00:00:00 lockd 2651 ? 00:01:32 hald 2652 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner 2659 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi 2665 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb 2673 ? 00:06:21 hald-addon-stor 2707 ? 00:07:33 nscd 2728 ? 00:04:19 snmpd 2745 ? 00:00:20 sshd 2794 ? 00:00:01 ntpd 2851 ? 00:00:00 master 2863 ? 00:00:00 qmgr 2866 ? 00:00:00 gpm 2879 ? 00:00:05 crond 2929 ? 00:00:00 xfs 2954 ? 00:00:00 atd 2979 ? 00:00:00 rhnsd 2993 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon 2994 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon 3077 ? 00:00:00 smartd 3080 tty1 00:00:00 mingetty 3081 tty2 00:00:00 mingetty 3082 tty3 00:00:00 mingetty 3084 tty4 00:00:00 mingetty 3087 tty5 00:00:00 mingetty 3090 tty6 00:00:00 mingetty 5760 ? 00:00:00 sshd 5762 ? 00:00:00 sshd 5763 ? 00:00:00 csh 5774 ? 00:00:00 sftp-server 7259 ? 00:00:00 pickup 13197 ? 00:00:00 sshd 13199 ? 00:00:00 sshd 13200 pts/5 00:00:00 csh 13220 pts/5 00:00:00 pine 15684 ? 00:00:00 acpid 15699 ? 01:31:42 python 20056 ? 00:00:00 sshd 20058 ? 00:00:00 sshd 20059 pts/1 00:00:00 bash 20565 ? 00:00:00 sshd 20569 ? 00:00:00 sshd 20570 pts/3 00:00:00 csh 20591 pts/3 00:00:01 pine 20692 ? 00:00:00 sshd 20695 ? 00:00:00 sshd 20696 ? 00:00:00 sftp-server 24902 ? 00:00:00 sshd 24905 ? 00:00:00 sshd 24907 ? 00:00:00 csh 24956 ? 00:00:00 sftp-server 26627 ? 00:00:00 sshd 26632 ? 00:00:00 sshd 26633 pts/4 00:00:00 csh 28305 ? 00:00:00 sshd 28366 ? 00:00:00 sshd 28367 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 30256 pts/4 00:00:00 vim 30726 ? 00:00:00 obtain_status1_ 30727 ? 00:00:00 sleep 30733 pts/0 00:00:00 ps and what command do I use to get the window manager version? 3. ethernet. 4. firefox 5. the host does not have any instability that I am aware of.