try typing "Xconfigurator" at the command prompt. I always use this because of the easy GUI. I hope this helps. BTW, what video card are you using? =) John ----- Original Message ----- From: Katherine Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: hello > Hi. I'm completely new to Linux, and have been wrestling with my first > Linux box since yesterday. The command line works wonderfully, but X won't > configure to anything useful at all, so we're not on speaking terms right now. > > I'd say I'm glad to be here, but I'm so utterly disgruntled with the darn > thing, I'm afraid civility is all I can manage. ;) > > anyway, hello. > > Katie > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.