Hey gang, Okay, I got the new kernel installed just fine, thanks to everyone for the advice. The problem now is, I can't get the 3D to work with my NVidia card like it did with the stock kernel for 8.0 (I'm still with 8.0, but using the k_athlon 2.4.19 now). I've tried SaX2 20 times, and when I get to the test part at the end, it keeps popping up with a window telling me it can't use the configuration for some reason. I've checked with 3ddiag...did the things it said to do, and still no go. I went to nvidia's website and downloaded and installed the newest drivers, and still no 3D. Anyone got any ideas? Everything else is working just fine and dandy (other than I lost the linux safe mode boot option in LILO, but I'm not worried about that). All my settings are as they were, everything is great except for my 3D. All help with this one is appreciated too. TIA. John