Just tried the new kernel, and it crashed after approx. 30 minutes of system use. (X exited, bllinking caps lock / num key). The screenshot (literally ;-) can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1983539/images/crash_kernel_2.6.37.JPG I was scaling some jpeg images with "convert" when the mouse pointer froze for 4 seconds, then X crashed displaying the console black screen of death. HTH, Uwe On 8 January 2011 23:38, julius