This is off-topic, but IPTABLES is the only place I have this problem. I've tried several different configurations to try to stop it from logging dropped packets to my monitor. I've put "kern.none /dev/console" in my syslog.conf, and it is STILL throwing the logs entries to the monitor, even when nobody is logged in! I've got all my log entries set to --log-level info, and they're getting properly logged to an iptables logfile, but they are still showing up on the screen (the tutorials say this isn't an iptables issue, but ONLY the iptables logs are showing up on the screen). I've been searching the internet for days trying to STOP THE MADNESS! Anybody got any suggestions? Victor sysadmin, Timension Inc.