Using current rawhide on x86_64. X starts OK. But gnome just doesn't start. It hangs. The console shows: ................. (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Agent pid 4223 SESSION_MANAGER=local/amd64-3000:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4202 esd: Esound sound daemon already running or stale UNIX socket /tmp/.esd/socket This socket already exists indicating esd is already running. Exiting... I rebooted. Same thing. I deleted /tmp/.esd/socket. Same thing! So I switchdesk to kde. It started. But came up with an arts error box: Sound server fatal error: AudioSubSystem::handleIO: write failed len = -1, can_write = 4096, errno = 22 (Invalid argument) This might be a sound hardware/driver specific problem (see aRts FAQ) I rebuilt arts. Same error. I have a VIA 8237 with ALC850. Worked just fine till now. Nothing in /var/log/messages. sean