On 30 Nov 2006 22:24:39 -0800, wrote:

OK
Light Switch - Black on one terminal red on the other

Electrical Box - Black, White, Red, Ground

Old fixture was connected to black and red with two copper wires from
the fixture.

New fixture connected black to black ad white to red - no light
New fixture connected black to black and white to white - light but no
switch control


You haven't described enough wires.
Is there no white or ground in the switch-box?
If there's a red and a black in the switch-box,
and a red and a black in the light fixture-box,
where is your power coming from?

I suppose suggesting that you buy or borrow a book on home electrical
wiring and read the damn thing is going to be totally wasted.

If you disconnect everything, either one wire in the
light fixture box OR one wire in the switch box should
be hot all the time, but not both.

Figure that out, and then get back to us.

--goedjn