Hi, I have 2 problems here. The first is that whenever I rip music data off a CD, I am unable to use the internet. The actual connection is up, but the data rate is practically non-existant. As soon as the ripping stops, the data rate picks up and all is well. This happens with all apps I have tried to rip with, and both my cdrw and dvd drives. 2ndly, when I use abcde, the computer completely hangs after it has finished ripping. I have had a look at top just before this happens, and oggenc is using over 90% cpu time, so presumably when the ripping stops, it uses 100% and then bombs out. Where can I look to find out what is happening? - I have looked in messages.log, but can't seem to find anything there that could be related. SuSE 8.1 K7S5A + 1200Duron 0,0,0 0) 'LITEON ' 'DVD-ROM LTD163D ' 'GHR3' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) 'RICOH ' 'CD-R/RW MP7163A ' 'BR08' Removable CD-ROM abcde v2.0.3 Nik