very nice to hear you did get it working.
On mine (Debian Etch) the global shortcut is just the middle mouse button (mouse-wheel in this case). Is that what you meant?
For starters, info on your cpu/machine setup versus current running Kernel could prove useful. Like, is this the right kernel for your machine? I mean jsut because it boots does not neccessariy mean all is good in userland. Did you try running aptitude with the '-f install' tag? You might have some missing dependencies, although it sounds more like you are butting heads with a kernel mismatch, due to the FPU exception error. Maybe just post your output from #:/hardinfo
included 'libflash.so' for use in configuration?
That's really too bad about your 'troubles' with linux, although if you are looking for an easier (windows-user friendlier) distro, I have to agree that Kubuntu is probably your best bet. They'll even mail you an installer cd/dvd for free if you don't feel up to the whole dload/burn iso/reboot/pray it works ordeal... they are here: http://www.ubuntu.com hit the 'shipit' icon on the top right of the screen to get your cd.. it takes about 2 mths to arrive though.. As for KDE on windows it is possi...