> When GNOME locks up, can you press Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6] to get to a virtual > console?
Yes - no problem. I ran top as per you instructions and the process consuming the highest CPU value was "top" itself with a value of 0.3%. There were no entries listed under top fox XFree86, or any Gnome app. In fact Top was the only app with a value above zero in the cpu column. I guess that is not the answer you were expecting? Keith -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Keith O'Connell | "That which does not kill Maidstone, Kent (UK) | us, usually still hurts. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | That's just life, I'm afraid"