On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 13:31 -0500, Gurple wrote: > jjmckenzie wrote: > > I have not heard of this before, but does Rainmeter attempt to connect > > to the Internet to distribute information? If so, this might be the > > cause of the problem. > > > > Can you provide the version of wine you are using (from terminal type in > > wine --version)? > > > > James > > > No, RM doesn't attempt to connect to the internet. > > I am using Wine 1.3 > If the problem persists after a reboot, install Wireshark and its GUI wrapper if you don't have them already. Start it and set it up to monitor your ethernet connection. Then try running Rainmeter or any other program that has the same problem. Wireshark should show which program is trying to use the ethernet connection and what its trying to do with it. Martin