> see the latest entries. No more of that Linux terminal commands Mumbo > Jumbo, back to good ole point and click. Umm what's wrong with more /var/log/messages ? :) > To Edit the log file > While it is displayed on the screen: I'm not really clear why'd you want to edit a log file (cut & paste maybe part of it to another file) but 'vi /var/log/messages' works too :). That's the nicety of linux - best of both the GUI and (usually) more powerful command line (depending on what you want to do). Have you tried 'sndconfig'? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------