Great help rusty! That easily allowed me to do what I wanted and what Kirol suggested.

I think I managed to add my User account to the sudoers file but I have yet to test logging in again as I'm trying to figure out the XF86Config, specifically, where to put "800x600" for my screen resolution.

I had tried putting it in all the places it said "default"(under each color mode's field) but that proved to be a no-go. I would just go in through the control center>peripherals>monitor but the highest resolution listed is "640x480". Running the knoppix live cd with the "screen=800x600" command gives me a nice and "spacious" desktop to work on so I know 800x600 is supported by the monitor/gpu/driver.

Can anyone glean a little info about the proper location to set available screen resolutions within the XF86Config file? I'd really love to see the buttons at the bottoms of non-resizable boxes.

Thanks!

Manny