Alexander & Daniel, This is a response to both of your suggestions and questions (about the engine being used, and video card information).
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 Driver Provider: NVIDIA Driver Date: 2/3/2004 Version: 5.4.0.1 Note: This version provided via Windows Update via IE, though it says the driver was provided by NVIDIA. Test "Script": - start cygwin shell - startx - ssh -X -l user a.linux.box - startkde Result of test with above parameters: blue screen during KDE splash screen. Result of above test with above parameters, using various engines: - startx -- -engine 1 - startx -- -engine 2 - startx -- -engine 4 - startx -- -engine 8 All blue screens, during various phases of the KDE "splash" screen. Next, I loaded the drivers from nvidia.com; interestingly, the version provided is: 6/24/2003 4.4.8.2 Results: The same. blue screen Next, I tried drivers at the hp site (it's a zd7000 notebook). 11/18/2003 4.5.1.1 Results: The same. blue screen 12/10/2003 4.7.1.2 Results: The same. blue screen Next, I took a guess that my screen resolution might be an issue, at 1440x900. So, I tried 1024x768. Same results. Blue Screen. So, no luck yet. Any suggestions for further debugging and/or logging? If there's a readme for that, could you point me in the right direction? Other ideas: - Daniel (I think) suggested checking network card drivers; haven't done that yet. - another post suggests possible ZoneAlarm issues. I am running that, but haven't tested turning it off. - others? Stumped! Steve