hi i've got more details here, i'll add the x server config file asap: http://www.linuks.mine.nu/people/p2-mate/ hth -- Gürkan Sengün mail: <sengun@phys.ethz.ch> ETH Hönggerberg HPR E 86.1 phone: +41 1 633 6604 Departement Physik, ETH Zürich web: http://www.phys.ethz.ch