Ok, some separate issues: 1) Sometimes my OpenOffice just quits within a minute a la just going *poof* on an i386 FC4 machine (Pentium III). I have posted this as an openoffice issue but I wondered if anyone here had any experience with this maybe with another problem, so if this might be an FC4 problem. 2) I have a Freecom Classic Series cd burner and I just can't get fedora to talk to it. It's on USB (external). Any ideas appreciated 3) I have a Lexmark Z25 printer but FC4 doesn't have a driver for it. Linux detects it as such perfectly. Is there one? And finally, ... 4) What does the HAL dæmon do? Report error messages? <-- idle curiosity Sorry for all the questions. Feel free to get annoyed at me. Mark -- theExile.vze.com www.stpaulswalsall.org.uk