Now I just have to figure out why KDM is failing. It shows the line saying it's starting, the screen blanks, then I'm back at a terminal login. I log in, do sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start and it works fine. Also, when I [ctrl][alt][f2] to switch to a different tte, the keyboard goes flooey. Looks like I'm typing unicode characters.
Well, one thing at a time. At least I'm on a 2.6 kernel now.