> Hi,
> 
> I'm just starting to set up Amanda, and am having trouble. 
> I've got two Red Hat 9 Linux boxes, one as the server, and 
> one as a client. The server backs itself up fine. But the 
> client is timing out. I've determined that it's connecting, 
> but the server isn't properly ack'ing the client! I attach a 
> log file. I'm using the RPM of Amanda, and didn't compile it 
> myself (I can if necessary). Version is 2.4.3. 
> 
> Couldn't figure out how to even search for this problem on 
> the archives of this list! It's hard to describe! Any suggestions? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  -Harlan
> 

What happens when you do amcheck? Does that give you a searchable error?
Or is the amcheck working and just the dump is bombing?