Hi Owen, again, Just after I wrote the last email, I had a quick look at syslog and... well, in order, I did /bin/middleware & tail -f /var/log/syslog Then on the actual console (I did those last commands via ssh from my laptop) I logged in and this is what syslog prints: Apr 8 18:50:44 neon kernel: usrdev: device_closed() Apr 8 18:50:44 neon kernel: usrdev: device_closed() mutex worked fine. And back on the ssh session I see: [2]: Broken pipe: /bin/middleware -- Michael D. Curran www: http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~mdcurran/ msn: mick at jantrid.net
