>Installed a new kernel (RH 7.3) on a new hd (80gig), and X won't run. >It shows a blank screen (not helpful). >I found an error message saying: >xinetd[764] START: sgi_fam pid=1139 from =<no address> If you do a "startx" from runlevel 3 what are the last things the xserver says? What does "hostname" return? Does ifconfig show networking as running ("lo" exists)?