I have looked through recent messages on this list and have not seen anyone complaining about loss of X/Gnome/Desktop after yum yum of this morning's stuff. I boot to runlevel 3 and then log in and do a 'startx' My /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows the following on the bottom. I can attach the whole file if that would be interesting. ====== X Window System Version 6.8.1 Release Date: 17 September 2004 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-20.ELsmp i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux hoho2.chidig.com 2.6.9-1.639smp #1 SMP Tue Oct 19 23:37:04 EDT 2004 i686 Build Date: 19 October 2004 Build Host: porky.build.redhat.com Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.9-1.639smp (bhcompile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6)) #1 SMP Tue Oct 19 23:37:04 EDT 2004 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Oct 20 11:35:41 2004 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "single head configuration" .. ... ... (II) RADEON(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 770) (II) RADEON(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1024 x 7417 (**) Option "dpms" (**) RADEON(0): DPMS enabled (II) RADEON(0): X context handle = 0x00000001 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler (II) RADEON(0): [DRI] installation complete (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Added 32 65536 byte vertex/indirect buffers (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Mapped 32 vertex/indirect buffers (II) RADEON(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 209 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Initialized kernel GART heap manager, 5111808 (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled (==) RandR enabled *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not *** be the reason for the server aborting. Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.