Hi Lurch.
You have a really strange problem.
Have you used the xbench installer ? If yes you can try to install xbench on the "ram:" just as a test.
If this is not working, simply install xbench where you want and start it with the "D" key pushed (The "d" key must stay pushed until you see something on the screen). This will start xb with the debugmode and create a logfile in the main dir of xbench. Send me this log by mail and i'll check that (jimneray(a)gmail.com).
