Hi, inspired by the information about the kernel affecting the runtime behaviour of vmware I tried the vmware-config.pl --compile option. I'm afraid the program still crashed the system. But just for interest's sake I tried the exact kernel that suse ship, and it didn't crash. To be precise, I worked out that including console drivers (ati mach64 in my case) was causing the problem. So at least now I know what was wrong. Pity though, I liked the little penguin appearing at startup! David. David Herbison Design Engineer, Mixed Signal IC-Design Infineon Technologies AG Tel: +49 89 234 26647 Fax: +49 89 234 711815 Email: David.Herbison@infineon.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq