Hi, > I can't remember the machine model exactly...just one of those things > that turned me off to their laptops since you have to get support like > you say for X but also for various chipsets, etc. What a PITA... Nah, that's just old distros for you. When I first put RH7.3 onto my first laptop, I needed to recompile the kernel for my NIC and soundcard - it's just one of those PITA things. Needless to say that when RH9 came along, everything was picked up. It now sits with FC2 on (it's at the sister in laws) and has everything working. TTFN Paul -- "A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Liverpool we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves." - Bill Shankly