:nice! finally fixed, and so easy :) : :cheers : simon Yah, it took about an hour to track down. Add kprintf()'s, reboot, add more kprintf()'s, reboot, add more kprintf()'s, reboot :-). Such a simple mistake. I'm not sure why ctl-alt-esc wasn't working there. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon at backplane.com>