On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:10:55 +0100, Doug wrote: > lastly, for the WM, the first install I did, I only tasksel'd the x window system, and it did it's very first hang using > xdm, with neither kdm or gdm even installed. Nah, it wouldn't. Have you tried the simple XFree86 -configure in /root ? What does it do ? I agree with Kent on WM and startx being different, of cause. Uwe