On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 00:04 -0400, dale schleyer wrote: > for some reason i am unable to edit the XF86Config file even though i > am logged in as "root" You are not supoused to edit XF86Config manually as it will break the md5 of it (see top of file) you should use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg or xserver-xfree86. Anyway, try to chown root /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and try again. Also, what error are you getting? .Alejandro