my distr. is debian woody looking into /var/log/syslog i've found the following line: Jan 29 01:27:05 debian modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-135 what should i check in order to settle the matter? thanks aldo -- un newbie per i newbie: http://aldomaggi.supereva.it/linux.html altra e-mail: turms@ciaoweb.it