If you are a newbie at recompiling the Kernel, I suggest you use make xconfig while in KDE/Gnome. You also need to be in /usr/src/linux and then type make xconfig. There are little help buttons to tell you what those certain items are used for. Then when you are finished, it asks you to type in make dep, type this in: make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install This will do everything without you having to type in make "whatever" every few minutes. ; ) A good idea would be to check out one of the HOWTO's. With bzImage, doesn't it put it the new Kernel in / ? You would then have to drag it to your /boot directory and then /sbin/lilo it so that it recognizes the new one. It is also a good idea to save the old kernel, in case the new one is "broken". That way you will still be able to boot into Linux. Hope this helps. dan