Dear friends: Back in KDE. Here are some more facts that may shed light on this problem. I turned off my ADSL monitor, got a Failed for eth0 but StartX worked fine and I am now in KDE using my dial-up Robotics 56k external modem. My guess is that when your ADSL monitor is on and works fine (all three green lights on) and eth0 passes the boot test (OK), then your Linux EXPECTS ADSL (Always online). Therefore, when you click on StartX and ADSL is REALLY not ON (because of some network problem) but your computer SAYS that is on, then this will cause StartX to hang. I know for a fact (i.e. from Bellsouth ADSL tech suppport) that ADSL is down in New Orleans at this time -- just called to verify). Therefore, I have a feeling that this might make sense, that is, that Linux is expecting ADSL becausee my computer eth0 got an OK but in fact, due to network problems, ADSL is actually out of order. Does this interpretation make sense? Thank you. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
