Almost sounds like you have an "xhost random.domain.com" in your .xinirc file, and it's trying to figure out the reverse DNS to that before timing out and continueing the startup of the X system. Does DNS work fine for you otherwise? Christopher Fisk On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, John Culleton wrote: >I just installed Slackware 8.1 beta which includes XFree 4.2. > >I can get XFree to work but no matter how I fire it up there is a 60 second >delay built in. Any hints appreciated. > >John Culleton > > >__________________________________________________ >D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" > http://www.doteasy.com >_______________________________________________ > >Newbie@XFree86.Org >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie >