Have upgraded to XFree86 4.2 and kernel 2.4.17-36 kernel to solve some nvidial problems. When I boot, I cannot get gui login. Boot message file has the following info on this. Starting service kdm<notice>startproc: execve (/opt/kde2/bin/kdm) [ /opt/kde2/bin/kdm ], [ PWD=/ BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz LC_MESSAGES= HOSTNAME=sporthorse-linux CONSOLE=/dev/console RC_LANG=en_US vga=0x0317 PREVLEVEL=N SUSE_DOC_HOST=localhost AUTOBOOT=YES QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt2 KDEDIR=/opt/kde2 LC_TIME= MACHTYPE=i386-suse-linux RC_LC_COLLATE=POSIX LC_ALL= LINES=26 LANG=en_US LC_NUMERIC= SHLVL=2 COLUMNS=82 LC_CTYPE=en_US BOOT_IMAGE=linux SHELL=/bin/bash PRINTER=laserjet_3 HOSTTYPE=i386 OSTYPE=linux WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde HOME=/ TERM=linux no_proxy=localhost PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin RUNLEVEL=5 FROM_HEADER=sporthorse-linux.3mts LC_MONETARY= INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.78 LC_COLLATE=POSIX _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/opt/kde2/bin/kdm ] <notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/dhcpcd) [ /sbin/dhcpcd -R -t 60 -I sporthorse-linux eth0 ], [ PWD=/etc/pcmcia BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz HOSTNAME=sporthorse-linux CONSOLE=/dev/console vga=0x0317 PREVLEVEL=N AUTOBOOT=YES MACHTYPE=i386-suse-linux LINES=26 SHLVL=5 COLUMNS=82 BOOT_IMAGE=linux DAEMON=/sbin/dhcpcd SHELL=/bin/bash HOSTTYPE=i386 OSTYPE=linux HOME=/ TERM=linux PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin RUNLEVEL=5 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.78 _=/sbin/startproc ] done Starting X Font Server<notice>'/etc/init.d/rc5.d/S12xdm start' exits with status 0 <notice>/etc/init.d/rc5.d/S12xfs start /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: bad format for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/fonts.scale file /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: failed to create directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype <notice>startproc: execve (/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs) [ /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs -nodaemon -user nobody -port 7100 ], [ PWD=/ BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz HOSTNAME=sporthorse-linux CONSOLE=/dev/console vga=0x0317 PREVLEVEL=N AUTOBOOT=YES MACHTYPE=i386-suse-linux LINES=26 SHLVL=2 COLUMNS=82 BOOT_IMAGE=linux SHELL=/bin/bash HOSTTYPE=i386 OSTYPE=linux HOME=/ TERM=linux PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin RUNLEVEL=5 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.78 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs ] done <notice>'/etc/init.d/rc5.d/S12xfs start' exits with status 0 I could get the gui login but when typing in user and password, it was like the keyboard was not working. I upgraded ALSA to get the sound card working, Now I don't even get the gui login screen, have to do console command login, then start X. I the X Font Server problem perhaps related to not being able to get the gui login. Art