Stop KDM ( /etc/init.d/kdm stop ) Try starting X from the command line (no display manager) with startx or just X. Can you do this as root? Does startx work as a normal user? If the above works, we get to poke at KDM configs. If it doesn't work, X isn't configured properly. (You ran dexter right?) I'm going to make a guess that KDM is calling X and telling it to use /etc/X11/XF86Config, when it should be using /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Check /etc/X11/kdm/Xservers. /etc/X11/X -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 should start the X server. (/etc/X11/X is a sym link to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86) Hope that helps a little... -- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055