First off, thank you for replying. I set it to `exec xterm`, yet I still get the samething. I can't figure out what it's doing - it effectively "stalls" that console, and until I get virtual ones working, I have to hard power-off without unmounting :( I'll keep toying with it. Any other suggestions are *greatly* appreciated. Thanks -- Simon `semen` La Rose semen@0x90.org