reassign 31315 boot-floppies merge 31315 20133 thanks There definately seems to be a problem with *some* laptops blanking the screen. Two possible solutions come to mind: apply the patch from bug 20133, or supply an APM kernel. I hope there's even a third, more satisfying solution out there. -- .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>