On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p > 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p > 1001 6454 0.0 0.1 177552 6552 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p I know very little about the gnome family of DEs, but this appears to be a reference to running Mate. Might it be the source of your problem? Lisi