Or at least I wonder if it was some similar permission issue. I never figured out the solution to [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=177480|my problem with Xandros and Mozilla]. I eventually gave up and I run [link|http://www.mepis.org/|MEPIS] (and Win2k) on that laptop now.
I hope Xandros doesn't burp for you again. If it does, you know there are options.
Cheers,
Scott.