Hi > When you kill MC via Alt-SysRQ-K > when MC _IS NOT_ busy - everything is OK - > gpm stays alive. Try killing with kill -9. Also, this surely is bug in gpm. Pavel -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.