>>I haven't. You left out the most important factor tho: >> the hardware you have and if anything by nVidia, the >> drivers you use... >> N.Emile... This is a no-name laptop. I have gathered the following information from the "manual" and the Linux Hardware browser application. BTW I'm a Linux newbie - so if there are "obvious" log files I should be looking at / posting please just indicate that in a follow-up posting. Motherboard: SiS M645DX + 962 ChipSet Video: ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Driver: Card ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Network: RealTek 8139. Driver: 8139too USB: SiS USB 2.0 I will "flip" between the two kernels and see if I can determine a pattern in the "hanging/freezing" Off-topic: Any chance of adding a simple Web interface to type in these discussions / responses rather than this e-mail only interface? Clive ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com