Thanks for the advice. I tried hand editing the XF86COnfig by hand. Found in previous replies what to look for. Most all was set up OK. Made sure the DRI section was in all the various flavors I had since only -4 varients had that.
The docs say that ATI 128m cards are supported. have an ATI 64m card and this might be the problem. I wonder if the r128 driver would work on the lower memory card? The kernel I was trying to install was the 2.4.24-1-i686-smp (because my present knoppix kernel has smp--btw what is it?). Finally got lilo fixed but the kernel started loading with a myriad of broken module-messages and paniked. My old one still works so removed the 2.4.24-1. I do not have any 2.4.24-1 directories on my system, just 2.4.22 and 2.4.22-xfs as installed by the knoppix and one may need to install more than just the kernel image to succede. There were not error messages on the install, simply the double warning to include the initrd (this was installed/created successfully--this was why I was trying this to begin width--I would be satisfied getting my own initrd to boot until I am ready to take the 2.6 plunge!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]