The F keys don't help this PC/OS with no resolution popup. I too have
used MEPIS, but same system won't boot the New Beta of MEPIS 7.9.
Ready to quit MEPIS if they can't build upon a good system and
actually lose ground on "upgrades". Same is true of the newer Anti-X
no longer working.

Think I'll give Mint 5 XFCE a try next. Apparently they don't progress
out of Beta stage until 2 version numbers, in XFCE or KDE, however.http://www.linuxmint.com/releasenotes.php