When I boot my SuSE 9 Pro notebook I get a terminal window into which I must type "kde" to continue. That spawns a second terminal window (nothing need be entered there) and the pc just boots into the desktop normally. When I look at the first terminal window I see a process that runs continuously/repeatedly "checkForMedia(): error accessing /dev/hdc" When I shut down I have to come back to that window and type "exit" if I want to shut down the notebook. Per a suggestion I have run "top" to look at what is running but I am uncertain how to read the output. Question 1: What telltale sign in all of the processes "top" is showing would indicate the "check media" process? Question 2: What is most likely to be calling for the check media process and where might I find and delete it? (If in fact I want to delete ... perhaps I need to modify it?) -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e West Central Florida Drake, Heathkit, Kenwood, TenTec, Yaesu Radio Life: http://www.gospelcom.net/twr/ Linux-Incompatible hardware is defective! USA Pres. Election 2004: http://www.rnc.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~