Compiling the current radeon and drm modules made a huge improvement. Running glxgears went from 11 FPS to 95 FPS in a full screen window on my T41. KDE4's desktop effects are now working quite well. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html