I just installed the above (Mantel) kernel on the understanding that it now has support - albeit primitive - for the Conexant CX2388x chipset (on the tv tuner card I bought very recently). Well, I must be doing something very wrong but the card is not recognised in any size, form or shape :-(. Considering that this is kernel 2.6.5-7 and SuSE 9.1 is now no doubt at the "factory" being massed produced for release in a few weeks, I am now wondering what sort of hassles one can expect with the version of the kernel plonked into Suse 9.1. I mention this especially because I now, using kerenel 2.6.5, cannot use the USB flash disk (which was the subject of msgs in this forum last week but which I managed to get to work under the "standard" kernel in Suse 9.0). Fdisk recognises the flash disk as /dev/sda1, formatted as FAT and 256Mb big but when it is plugged in the hotplug thingie does not put the entry into fstab (which it does under kernel 2.4.21-199) for it to be mounted. So, the flash disk causes a beep, the diode lights up, fdsik displays its presence - but after that, zilch, nought, zero. Anyone have any ideas of what is missing here or what should be done to have at least the flash disk working? Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.