I have a Toshiba Portege 3025CT which ran RH 5.2 perfectly. To keep the distributions uniform among all machines, I upgraded it to 6.0, then 6.1. Now I'm having problems with apmd and nfsd. It used to be that only when the battery had about 2-3 minutes of power left did the machine quietly beep at me to tell me I had to shutdown and recharge the battery. Now, however, when the battery reaches about 51% of a full charge, I get messages (accompanied by a loud beep) splashed across the screen: battery is getting low. This repeats several times a minute, and occurs regardless of whether I'm working on a console or a vc in X. I've tried to set messages off, but that doesn't stop it. It's very annoying and frustrating -- especially when I'm in a meeting. Since this appears to be a new "feature" in 6.0, I'd sure like to learn how to turn it off! Another PITA showed up on a trip a couple of weeks ago: a warning that the network was unreachable. That, of course, was the case because I was not connected to the network. Again, this never occurred under 5.2. I'd greatly appreciate a solution to these two problems this weekend as I have meetings next week at which I'd like to use a well-behaved notebook. Thanks in advance, Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) Making environmentally-responsible mining happen. (SM) -------------------------------- 2404 SW 22nd Street | Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 | U.S.A. + 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.