at last linux is running in my laptop without any difficulties. everything working great and real fast. i thank all those who extended there support and provided pointers. now, is there any snmp tool for linux. something as good as openview? for FREE -:) sriram --- Send e-mail to 'ilugc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' with 'unsubscribe' in either the subject or the body to unsubscribe from this list.