well.... it looks as if I may have to reinstall my laptop (which sucks) if we can't get x working again. I just realized something I didn't do: I did not write down all the ppa addresses. So what I would like to know is in which file are the ppa s kept? then I can scp that to the tv server and if we can't get x working again it won't be as painful a bite. Thanks:-) :-)~MIKE~(-: