dear all I have downloaded the ati driver configuration file and lunched this command (the system tells that I have x700 version and that I can override it) X_VERSION=x690 ./ati-driver-installer-8.23.7-i386.run the installation took place fine and when lunching startx command I got this (even after configuring display) (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. please help -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .