-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the tip. Disabling "preempt the big kernel lock" worked. I now realize why it worked on the laptop and not the desktop. My lapotp is running kernel 2.6.12 which has no preempt functions. It works perfectly on both systems now. Bug fixed. Thanks, Lorenzo - -- Your ignorance cramps my conversation. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEPBd3G9IpekrhBfIRAusVAKDAB6AN04Qlm16fo1GWwPNNkqqbSwCgo7Jh ZLO10Jfd7BEnWN2QfhzX31g= =yIZb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----