Mates, This is really comical - sort of. I am running opensuse 10. I have been through heck compiling a new kernel. I got the 2.6.20 kernel and did the following Get the latest and greatest kernel, unpack it into /usr/src/linux-2.6.20, create a symlink linux->linux-2.6.20 cd linux zcat /proc/config.gz config make oldconfig make make modules_install make install. edit grub to boot from new and old kernels. This was the first build from the new source tree. On boot, the 2.6.20 kernel boots fine, but it can't find eth-id..... and the network fails, then there is *no* keyboard input and the mouse is dead (no lights). It just sits at the (login: ) prompt, but I can't type a darn thing. Anybody want to take a stab at where I screwed up?? Why in the heck wouldn't I have a keyboard?? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org