thanks for all the help with the mouse and video card configuration. In the default screen I got after installing debian2.2r2, the screen is huge. Actually it is just four times the size of my monitor screen and I have to move around the whole X screen using the mouse. So when I open a new window, I have to look around the other 3/4 of the screen to see where it opened. Any idea why this happened and how to rectify. thanks. nitai