KDE or gnome freezes when I use it. I think it could be my graphics card but i'm not sure. I'm using Slack 10(kernel 2.6.7) and for now fluxbox. I think it has something to do with graphics because when in fluxbox if i open a program such as konqueror it will freeze. Or if i try playing a movie or use any other program that uses the qt or gtk libraries it also freezes. I have a ATI 9600 SE and I did try to comple the gatos ait drivers (drm-kernel-1.100.0-14.tar.gz I did a make and make install not sure if that is all i have to do) I'm using Xorg and they said use the gatos drivers. I heard kernel 2.6.7 was having some problems with ait drivers so I switched to kernel 2.4.27 ( I needed this one cause i'm using SATA) and everything boots up fine except my mouse, I get an X error about the mouse not being found. So i recompiled seeing that I missed something and X starts but my mouse doesn't move(System is running but mouse is not). It works in 2.6.7 but not in 2.4.27? It's a Kensington USB mouse. Anyway I don't mind using either kernel just want KDE or Gnome stuff to stop crashing.
-Thanks

- 2.4 kernel is stable and mature, that's why slackware use it (2.6 kernel is only in /testing)

- you can configure the mouse running pkgtool|configure|mouse and use xorgsetup / xorgconfig / xorgcfg. (In my opinion, they are buggy, specially xorgcfg)

- If it still doesn't work. You can search over google and try to change kernel modules:
modprobe [module]

- if it work, then you can change the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and let it load at startup

- if you are really unlucky, you may need to recompile he kernel if you know the right setting.

Let's hope it would help.