by the way, the same scheme worked with the linux driver (SVGAlib), which calls vga_getch. Maybe it's a problem with the error message (can't open genkgi.o or something) making its way to the command-line? Anyway, the mode should switch back to text mode at least... -- Cesar Augusto Rorato Crusius o__ o__ o__ o__ o__ Stanford University ,>/'_ ,>/'_ ,>/'_ ,>/'_ ,>/'_ e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_)\(_) (_)\(_) (_)\(_) (_)\(_) (_)\(_) www.stanford.edu/~crusius HE WHO SACRIFICES FUNCTIONALITY FOR EASE OF USE LOSES BOTH AND DESERVES NEITHER