Do you have any hosts listed in your /etc/X0.hosts file (i.e. are you explictly allowing other hosts access to your display)?
When X starts, it looks up the hosts listed in /etc/X<display number>.hosts to get the IP addresses it should allow. If DNS is down, then it will have to time out for each host listed in that file. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert