Mark C. Allman <mcallman <at> allmanpc.com> writes: > > Anything in your ~/.xsession-errors file? > Yes but I don't know what to look for... There are no timestamps on the lines but the last section has: Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0". The top of the file has: xset: bad font path element (#73), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax startkde: Starting up... kbuildsycoca running... Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "SHAPE" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "SHAPE" missing on display ":0.0". Does this give any hints?