Hi VERSION (rsync ftp.sunet.se) Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20010706 8:46 The usual install with linuxconf, DNS, Timezone and Bootdisk pbs. When issuing startx it complained that the DCOP-server was not up and running. From .xsession-errors: kdeinit: Launched DCOPServer, pid = 1429 result = 0 _KDE_IceTransOpen: Unable to Parse address local/Archimedes.brisen.rings _KDE_IceTransOpen: Unable to find transport for inet DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket _KDE_IceTransOpen: Unable to Parse address local/Archimedes.brisen.rings _KDE_IceTransOpen: Unable to find transport for inet DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket DCOPServer self-test failed. &c. regards guran