I am running mandrake7.2 on a compaq armada 7800. I have the same video card, and I had the same thing happen as well.... Here is the pertinent code...from my 86config. Section "Device" Identifier "S3 ViRGE/MX (generic)" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" # Option "fast_dram" # Option "pci_retry" VideoRam 4096 # Clock lines #Option "sw_cursor" #here are lines that fixed it, my source wasnt sure #which command would work on Mandrake, and I've never #taken the time to find out. ) one of the Xaccels #will hopefully work for ya.. Option "noaccel" Option "no_accel" Option "power_saver" EndSection john ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/