apt-get reports xserver-common is already the newest version. Well, the newest version doesn't work. On startx, I get the errno=111 error message; and then after that xinit: No such process (errno3): server error Really, newbie is stuck, Stuck, STUCK. TiA for clues. dave PS: I have tried to get a more verbose error message, but maybe I don't know how to do it right.