Hello to all. First can anyone let me know what these items do and or for? I know what the midi, snd, and some of the others are: Module Size Used by vfat 14785 1 fat 45409 1 vfat autofs4 24005 0 i2c_dev 10433 0 i2c_core 22079 1 i2c_dev sunrpc 160421 1 dm_mod 54741 0 button 6481 0 battery 8517 0 ac 4805 0 md5 4033 1 ipv6 232705 8 usblp 12993 0 uhci_hcd 31449 0 ehci_hcd 31685 0 hw_random 5589 0 emu10k1_gp 3649 0 snd_intel8x0 34829 0 gameport 4801 2 emu10k1_gp,snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 8769 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_emu10k1 93769 0 snd_rawmidi 26725 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_emu10k1 snd_pcm_oss 47609 0 snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 97993 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm snd_seq_device 8137 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 64401 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1 snd_page_alloc 9673 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_util_mem 4801 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_hwdep 9413 1 snd_emu10k1 snd 54053 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_o ss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep soundcore 9889 1 snd b44 22341 0 mii 4673 1 b44 floppy 58609 1 speakup_dectlk 5329 0 speakupmain 57125 1 speakup_dectlk pcspkr 4001 0 ext3 116809 1 jbd 74969 1 ext3 second: under fedora, the adduser -u for user name and -p for password, the -p option wants a set of numbers or something. Thanks Eric