Since no one objected to this thread(for that I am grateful), I am going to post my system information and symptoms and see if any of you all could offer any advice :) Hardware: Nvidia Geforce 2mx (made by winfast) Atlon 1 ghz processor 256 Megs of Ram 40 Gig HD Futura Monitor MS Intellimouse MSI K7T pro Motherboard Other non-related stuff Software: OpenBSD 2.8 dual boot with Win2k (working fine, I already set the boot.ini in windows to recognize the openbsd.pbr file). Situation: Can boot to BSD command line no problem Have made user beside root have installed BASH Have installed tar xvzf /usr/home//ports.tar.gz I have installed both XFree86 4.0.2 with 4.0.3 update When I run startx I get the shell with the BSD# and a mouse pointer and an ugly clock :) When I move my mouse the screen flickers and nothing responds except for the prompt. However when I type more than 6 commands the prompt moves off the bottom of the screen and does not scroll. My ultimate goal is to install a windows manager like KDE and have apache running a full time FTP/HTTP server. I would also like my 98 box to have access to my files on the unix server. Any help would be greatly apprieciated. Zach Glazar