My system seems to slow down after an hour of so. 30-40 sec to load kpat (freecell), etc. Is there a way to check to see if my swap file is working properly and being utilized adequately? I want to get tar (it's not on my install-go figure) from the suse 8.0 cds, but the install program can not find it. It is looking at a database, not the cd, I believe. Why am I being told that I need to load a netscape plug-in to download an rpm file (I am running kde-konqueror). If this is a kde issue, please advise, I'll bother that list! tia, John Sowden American Sentry Systems. Inc. 1221 Andersen Drive San Rafael, CA 94901 U.L. Listed Central Station Alarm Service Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 jsowden@americansentry.net http://www.americansentry.net