here's the thread related to what i was fighting with (on my etch system):
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6695 so i temporarily updated my sources.list to lenny, installed *just* a newer 2.6.26 kernel, and that fixed everything. next step: upgrade from etch to lenny. i'm sure there will be more questions when that happens. thanks to all who gave advice. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

