am I looking in all the wrong places? should I just leave it alone,

play on my own?

yes? no? is fine

cheers
adding:
hehe..well the answer is YES..
although I did download chestnut from sourceforge as expected files are missing for .configure make..ifconfig I think was one..
so like I said and should have left alone is.. vl-light has no dialer..yet anyway.. so one may want to skip it if they had dialup in mind
on a positive note things seem to work otherwise on this minimal spec although I would default fluxbox, add wmdrawer with mount/umounts etc and fix the fonts in the terminal and change the wallpaper and choose a better style..but thats the fun then is it not. I posted how to for std which would likely be the same except the font. I knowtice a right click fixs the existing bar...enough said
I think I will try std on the box
cheers