Turned out that there was a permissions issue, as well as a dri line in xorg.conf screwed. Instead of running startx, I tried xinit & found that its path wasn't in ~my~ path. Fixed that & found the trouble with the dri line. That fixed, & X opens now:-). If only for the console issues.... -- Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa. To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to: Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe