Hi there, I posted this problem I was having yesterday but didn't see it show up in the digest and didn't get any resposes so I'm guessing the mail at school is screwing up again. I just installed Red hat on a new machine the first time I ran X everything seemed to be fine. Now I may have touched something by accident but I can't imagine what. Now when I open a console window it appears that bot the text and background are black. whatever I type in to run seems to work but I can't see what I type or the response to the commands. help, rob -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.