I decided to disable DRI and edit it out DRI support in xorg.conf and I got X to start. I will continue to 'beat' on this, but this looks as if this is what I will have to work with. Anyone have an idea why I had to do this? -- James McKenzie With assistance, Now running 2.6.11rc3, Software Suspend 2 and ibm-acpi .1 Need a home for my .rpm