first k3b complained about an illegal file name, then the machine locked, after reboot, any subsequent attempt to get k3b to write to dvd locked up......forced re-install of the rpm's did not help.... thx in advance _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.