> > > > > > i had the same problem: startx died, GDM login either. Applying the > > above solved it. > > > You guys are all ahead of me. I'm still trying to upgrade to 4.1. How did you generate the XFConfig-4 file? I ran XFree86 -configure and it wrote a file /root/XF86Config.new. It doesn't work, failing with a 'failed to initialize core devices' error. I don't have a clue what to do next.