I use my laptop (Dell XPS 1710, running F8) at different sites, hooking in to various networks. So, for example: 1. I'll boot my laptop at home and connect to my wireless network there, then hibernate when I pack up to head to a client site. 2. I'll resume at a client site, bring up (for example) a wireless connection, and resume working. When I open an app like gedit, if I'm on the network where I booted the system then the window opens right away, but if I'm using another network the window opens but takes about 25 to 30 seconds. DISPLAY is set to ":0.0." It sounds like a timeout issue. Can anyone shed some light on how to track this down? -- Mark C. Allman, PMP -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 BusinessMsg -- the secure, managed, J2EE/AJAX Enterprise IM/IC solution