To update my earlier posting (as yet unresponded to..), I find that as root I can get xwindows going, but not as my usual user. Is there any user-dependent configuration or files to speak of? Thanks, A. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Antonio Garcia-Martinez cryptologia.com _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86