Although I'm not certain, I'm beginning to believe that my inability to get 7.1 to install is an incompatible video card even though the hardware database claims it to be supported. Sooo, I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might offer a suggestion for replacement of my Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro with 40 meg ram. I'm looking for a high quality card for graphics use that is known to be fully operational under 7.1 On a separate issue, where can I locate the XF86 configuration file (the one that tells me just what is going on with X). The installation on my Compaq 12XL430 is "apparently" providing 1024 x 768 resolution in an 800 x 600 "box" on the display. The screen has an approximate 1 inch border all around that is just empty black screen while the desktop (kde2) will scroll up/down left/right to show all of it. Any advice on how to fix this also appreciated. I know that there is some degree of manipulation that I need to do but I'm thinking that if I could read that configuration file it would be helpful. Thanks, dave