Another way to solve that blinking problem is to boot up from floppy, and edit /edc/X11/config to remove the "xdm start" line. Or login from another machine, if it has a network connection. rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .