Perhaps you need to change which video driver Xorg is using? Check the config file - /etc/X11/xorg.conf - if it is using 'vesa' try 'i810' (for Intel graphics). You might also need to put the proper values for HorizSync and VertRefresh in there.

Also, i've heard removing the splash screen sometimes helps...

This is a very app-specific question. Have you tried this Backuppc forum?

http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/backuppc-21/

you're welcome! just curious, it sounds like auto-mounting is not working still - is that right? if I were you, i'd not give up on that, you should be able to do that!

Yes, good idea! I am definitely I am interested, this is a booming area these days - esp. for Linux. I'd be interested particularly in performing an install of a virtual machine completely automated (scripted), so that it could be called from some other installer script, for example. Or run by a monkey who only knows how to push buttons ;)

Are you talking about monitoring services on your local machine (be it server, workstation, etc.)? If so, then a simple

netstat

tcpdump -i [ethN]

The lsof command also works with network services, e.g.:

lsof -i4

TIP: if you know what port something is listening on/talking on, you can look it up in /etc/services and sometimes get a description for that service, according to the IANA anyway.

For gui tools (neither of which i have tried in some time), you can check out Nagios and Cacti. I don't know how app-centric they are, but they're definitely intended to monitor network traffic.

hth

Edwin,

Sorry, missed your reply. I forgot to try running dolphin on my Kubuntu box @home - will try that later tonite. In the mean time, why don't put an entry in /etc/fstab for your CD-ROM? It won't hurt to try...

/dev/sr0   /media/cdrom   iso9660   noauto,managed,ro   0 0

once you've saved that to your fstab, try inserting a CD-ROM and see if it auto-mounts. You may need to make the /media/cdrom dir first. If it doesn't auto-mount, then in a terminal, try this command and see what errors you get:

mount /media/cdrom