> /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default. Before I changed those, I > couldn't get KDE or GNOME to start at all. Anyway, I can't find any more > references to the old hostname and I've already been through 0-3 once, I'm > not confident I'll find anything new a second time through 0-3 and I don't > want to bother people with the same question. On the other hand, I know a > reinstall will fix everything. have you tailed the last few dozen lines of syslog after trying to start something that fails? this is how I learned that GDM is dependent on a proper name resolution. :) (one more reason I hate GDM/KDM/XDM). Carl Soderstrom. -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com