On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:17, Krulo keyboarded: Something strange must have happened during your installation. A quick fix would be to select the window manager you want to use, e.g. gnome, and put that in .xinitrc: echo "exec gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc That loads Gnome. Use exec kde to get kde going in the above example. Paul >What happened to my xwindows?? all I can see now is a console window in a >blue background, there is no start bar, icons and the resolutions stinks! >what can I do to configure xstart to run gnome or kde instead of that > blue background where I have to choose the place to place a window when > I choose something to run? I'm already tired of bluescreens! (lol) > > >thx -- http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake