I have a related question. My DELL laptop, when booting Win NT 4, knows how to set up for "Docking Station" (using the big external monitor, the NIC in the docking station, and other devices) versus "Mobile" (using the LCD screen and either a PCMCIA modem or a PCMCIA ethernet card). These appear as onscreen selections early in the boot process... once Win NT has been chosen. However, this is a dual-boot machine with SuSE 7.3, which I'm now using more than I do the Windows. When booting Linux, I don't get a choice of "Docking Station" or "Mobile" configurations/profiles. QUESTION: How can I set up equivalent "Docking Station" and "Mobile" profiles that would come up *at* or before login? Similarly, I manually select between display on the LCD or display on the external monitor by pressing [Fn][F8] to cycle among LCD-only, both, and external-only. How can I get at these functions on the command line or in a config file? I asked DELL, and they told me: "Sorry. We don't support dual-boot." So, I said "How about if I just wipe the Win NT partition?" DELL came back with: "Sorry. The division of DELL that sells computers pre-loaded with Linux is separate from the division that is 'supporting' you. We have no-one who knows Linux, here. Go ask your Linux supplier." Sheesh! Of course, as you know the Knowledge Base doesn't cover this particular question. I'm using a Dell C600, SuSE 7.3, Gnome. Please talk in Linux baby-talk. I'm not good at this, yet. :-) -- Kevin McLauchlan Chrysalis-ITS, Inc. "Ultimate Trust(TM)"