Check out http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/linux/documentation.htm It may be the X configuration settings. What monitor are you using? The MBR on many Compaq PCs point to a diagnostic partition that contains some basic utilities. I have my Armada 7400 set up for RH Linux and Windows. My MBR points to the Compaq diagnostic partition. I originally removed that partition without a problem. However, I later decided the diagnostics were worth 12/15 MBs. I used the Compaq diagnostic floppy (or download from their site) to create the diagnostic partition and load the diagnostics. Linux fdisk knows about the Compaq partition. Bob -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of Jim Stith Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:09 AM To: wlug@mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] compaq deskpro well here goes... i got an old compaq deskpro (yes, a stupid mistake... but it was cheap) and wanted to load red hat 7.0 on it and possibly use the deskpro as a intranet server so that i could learn how to set a server up. everything loads fine but when the system tries to go into x and give me a login screen, the monitor makes a poping sound and the screen goes blank. same thing with mandrake and caldera. the screen stays blank. i have gone into the bios and disabled pnp and energy saver but that does not help. i have been going through the faq's and the only thing i have found out is that compaq did some strange things around the mbr. i have no other options open to me and would appreciate any help anyone can give concerning this. thanks jim s. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug