Dear friends: Well, correctly guessing that some of my problems, at least, might have been caused by XFree86 4.0, I decided to do a completely new install from my LM 7.1 CD's. The problem I had earlier with changing the X-Resolution was, I gather, clearly one of the effects of using XFree86 4.0 (though I do have an Nvidia TNT card.) Everything seems fine this time EXCEPT for a very weird boot-up situation: When the boot sequence moves into Interactive mode, the screen is suddenly inundated with an endless number of rows of the following: [[18~^[[18~^[[18~^[[18~^[[18~^[[18~^ And meanwhile, the boot sequence is going on quite normally and you can see the boot-up messages and the OK signs for every one of them. But the only way to stop this [[18~^ madness is to hit the "i" key for Interactive. Suddenly, the madness stops and the boot-up continues up to the log-in properly and peacefully. This happens only during boot-UP, not during shutdown. Otherwise, everything is fine. This has never happened before to me, not even on my earlier 7.1 installation by FTP. I bought the official Macmillan DeLuxe CD package. The CD's are in excellent condition. So, what could cause this strange phenomenon? Has it ever happened to you? Any ideas on how to solve this bizarre behavior of LM 7.1? Hope one of you gurus has some idea what's going on here, because I sure as hell don't. Thank you all so very much. Benjamin Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web: http://www.websher.net
