> You run a newer distro (I guess testing is no longer Sarge today, but > Sid?). What kernel version do you run? 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8, but I have had this working for a long time, even with Sarge. If you really think that the problem lies that deep, I guess I'm not able to be much of a help. Sounds rather mysterious. What if you put in a different interpreter (/bin/bash)? If you come up with any other tests, let me know and I can perform them. Frank