Dear Rudolf, dear listmembers, did I do something offending? I didn't intend to do so. Rudolf, I really appreciate your support - I hope I did not say / do anything unfriendly. Should I take out the w83627hf driver? Should I remove any of the lines in /etc/modprobe.conf.local? Sorry, I probably only did not understand correctly what to do. I left the 83627 driver after having found that without it it crashed in a similar fashion and I thought I'd better stay with a behaviour I know well (what may be wrong). Take care Dieter Jurzitza -- ----------------------------------------------------------- | \ /\_/\ | | ~x~ |/-----\ / \ /- \_/ ^^__ _ / _ ____ / <??__ \- \_/ | |/ | | || || _| _| _| _| if you really want to see the pictures above - use some font with constant spacing like courier! :-) -----------------------------------------------------------