This problem was traced to the kernel and was fixed in a kernel patch for 68040 machines. If this problem still exists with the kernel shipping in Debian, please file a report against kernel-image-2.2.18. Thanks, Chris -- Chris Lawrence <cnlawren@olemiss.edu> - http://www.lordsutch.com/chris/ Computer Systems Manager (Physics & Astronomy, 125 Lewis, 662-915-5765) Instructor, POL 101 (Political Science, 208 Deupree, 662-915-5949)