Ric Moore wrote: >> --> I have onboard video card only....which is coming as default... > > There is a very large probability that there is the problem, and you may > wish to tool around through the archives about this problem that we had > since 2000 with onboard video. Personally, I don't think the probability that this is the cause is high. In any case, you could test this easily enough by doing a text install. (It is easy enough to try adding X afterwards.) -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland