I'm setting up a small home network consisting of a server | desktop, firewall, and a couple of laptops I'm adding now. The desktop and laptop I am adding are both running SuSE 9.0. The laptop is a Compaq unit with a 15" screen that the reviewers have called a "desktop replacement." When it is at home it is connected to a 19" LCD monitor, a standard keyboard and mouse, external speakers, and a network connection with nfs, which makes it virtually indistinguishable from a desktop. I intend to use it as such while it is part of the network, in a different room from the real desktop. I want identical desktop behavior while it is connected. I am importing /home, /opt, and /etc/opt, and for the most part things are going well. While connected I mount the local (to the laptop) home directory at ~/presario-local. I use several GNOME apps over FVWM2, configuring them with gconf-editor and gnome-control-center. I am having trouble with the GNOME apps. Starting them elicits pages of config error messages, making them mostly unusable. Should I be importing another directory? Some of the messages said something about a configuration server. -- It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.