There is a daemon that can be executed from a terminal window that will hide the mouse cursor after a certain number of seconds. Problem? I forget the name of it, so apt-get is useless to me. Help??? Thanks, Bob -- Q: Where's the Lone Ranger take his garbage? A: To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump! Q: What's the Pink Panther say when he steps on an ant hill? A: Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant dead ant dead ant...