Ben, I know, this gets more and more a 'compile for dummies' but I hope that you can still bear it. > > > > >Is recompiling XFree86 4 really that straightforward? The only things I > >ever compiled needed only make/make install. > > XFree needs The source rpm from Howarth contains lots of .patch files. Do I need to apply them all? If not, which would be a feasible set for pismo? Am I right that .patch files are applied using patch? Thanks Olaf