Terrance N. Phillip wrote:

> Well, that's a really good question. It *is* in rc.modules, I've
> commented out the line, and now I'm going to try shutting down &
> restarting X. Let you know what happens!
>
> Nick.

Actually did a /sbin/reboot instead of just re-starting X, and all's
well, for now. Thanks for noticing that. I'll give this a try for a
while & report back.

To some other responders, not to downplay your suggestions, especially
with my lack of experience... but... X and KDE *do* come up, the display
is stable. I used xorgconfig to set up xorg.conf, and the only changes I
made (right in the xorgconfig menus) were to the monitor's horiz &
vertical refresh rates, right off the vendors spec sheet. Everything
works except for these occasional crashes, which involve both the
display and the keyboard. My admittedly meager experience with
configuring X is that if I get it wrong, *nothing* works and I'm dumped
immediately back to a text-only terminal. The crashes I'm experiencing
freeze up the entire system, and no amount of ctrl-alt-Fn-ing will get
me to a terminal.

Nick.

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.
-- Carl Gustav Jung