Thanks everyone.
Eventually I'm going to remove xdm from the startup script, but I'm finding it handy while I'm learning the system to use the windows until I feel comfortable using other ways to get around the system. The reason I asked about leaving it was because I read somewhere that it was better not to upgrade with X running. The browser I'd been using is Opera and if I had been able to find a .deb version I would have used it. I'm not sure what I'll find when I unzip it; the Opera website was unhelpful and I haven't gotten a newsreader set up yet to read the Opera/Linux newsgroup for tips. And thanks again for answering my questions so quickly. I've just read so much documentation lately that if I never see another man page or HOWTO it will be way too soon. Hilary Hilary L. Hertzoff From here to there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bunny goes where a bunny must. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty