This is wierd! I recently upgraded by system bios to the one recommended on the web site of the manufacturer. Ever since I did, I have been intermittently loosing my keyboard connection when I use the CTRL-ALT-F2 to switch from Xwindows to the Console screens. It does not seem to follow any pattern and I simply have to hit the switch to reboot the system (OUCH!!!) Obviously Linux really does not like this. I suppose I could reinstall the old bios as I never had any probs with it, however I need the upgrade for a new 27.Gb hard drive installation. Any thoughts as to whether the bios update or maybe something else might be causing this. This is the only problem so far. -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173