> There have been many improvements in the way fedora works with laptops > in recent months. > > Since this is a new install, have you considered trying FC4 to take > advantage of the newer and fixed features? > > Also, you have not mentioned the hardware specifications -- memory, > video, etc. That may have an effect. I tried FC4 three weeks ago, I didn't fully test it because there were some key applications for me that didn't work at all on it. So I tried FC3 and those applications run well. Hardware specifications: -PIV 2.8GHz -768MB RAM -HD 80GB -ATI Radeon IGP 345M integrated video card (64MB) -PCMCIA wireless LAN card (I don't think it causes any conflict, because the problem arises both with and without the card) -10/100 Ethernet integrated card (I don't use it right now) -56K integrated modem working with Linuxant drivers. OS: FC3, custom kernel 2.6.12 (From the sources provided by Fedora, NOT vanilla kernel) Regards, Winston