As an update, I'm sorry to report that Debian started bluetooth and cups services by default. None of my computers have bluetooth adapters so wish this didn't happen. In looking into this I found a guy that, like me, was recently irritated that bluetooth gets started by default -- http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/Stopping-bluetooth-td4894591.html Could the slackware proponents tell me if either bluetooth or cups are started by default on slackware? -- Brian Wood Ebenezer Enterprises http://webEbenezer.net (651) 251-9384