Hi, I asked this question before under a different subject, but I still haven't found a solution yet. My problem is that when I do a cold boot, the system slowly freezes after starting X. I see the splash screen slowly start to come up, and after a bit the desktop icons come up in the same spot(one on top of the other) at this point, you cannot get to a console as no keys work. If I do a reset, the system does a fsck and afterwards comes up like it's supposed to. This happens with KDE and Gnome. If I don't use the autologin but use kdm or gdm, the same thing happens. If I start the system in run level 3 instead of 5, I get the same thing. Any idea what the problem could be, or where I should look? Hopefully, Jerry -- Gerald Williams Words Matter! Bangkok, Thailand