On 13/12/03 Travis Fraser did say: > Does the computer lockup totally when trying to use GNOME? Try switching > to another vt and see if the battstat applet is running. I had to patch > my applet to make it work with ACPI, otherwise GNOME was dog-slow with > the battstat applet running. Nope, total lockup. I can't switch to another vt. It also happens if I wait in GDM for a few minutes. If I login to WMX though, it seems fine. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <michael_soulier@xxxxxxxxx>, 613-592-2122 x2522 6000/6010/60* Development, Mitel Networks Corporation "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix