For some time I've been seeing an effect where clicking on the menu icon in the panel will show the menu briefly. The only way to keep it visible is to click and hold down the mouse button while navigating the menu. I sure do miss the reliability of the menu in the 3.5 series. - Nate > -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html