On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:25:34 -0600 Fritz Whittington <f.whittington@xxxxxxx> insightfully noted: <snippage> FW>>Moment of truth, "apm -s" in a terminal session. Laptop suspends. FW>>Looking good. Hit power button and screen returns to where it was. FW>>Looks right. BUT -- I have no prompt and cannot execute any commands. FW> FW>>I can hit enter and the curser moves. I can even type. But it's like FW>>my shell isn't doing anything. FW>> FW>>Any ideas? FW>> FW>>Thanks in advance for any help. FW>> FW>>MWood FW>> FW>> FW>> FW>How about a ctrl-c to quit the apm program so you can get the prompt FW>back? =================================== Good suggestion. Fritz might also "try apm -s &". Then hitting the enter key /should/ return his prompt (I think... ;-) ) Mike -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali