I just checked the logs for previous days. There is no segfault prior to today. I suspect that it emerges from one of the items that was updated with 'zypper up' last night before I shut the laptop down. I would have suspected kdm but I don't see mention of it in that part of /var/log/messages. However /var/log/kdm.log for this morning does have Failed to allocate : size : 26035200 bytes alignment : 0 bytes domains : 4 Failed to alloc memory However KDM did start up and work OK, here I am logged in :-) Cold chips? -- Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. Thomas H. Huxley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org