Machine: DEC Alpha 300 XL Memory: 96 MB O/S Redhat Linux 5.2 Workstation installation KDE Ver 1.1 After successfully installing the entire package and taking the defaults. I shutdown my workstation: shutdown -r now Normal shutdown and reboot until X is started I get the following message displayed: Id "x" respwaning too fast disabled for 5 minutes I press the enter key. A login prompt appears, I login as root enter X manually with the following command startx The KDE desktop launches I am waiting on my Linux manual I installed all my O/S with the default guides and KDE with the default options from the website. Thank You GySgt Ronald J. Ausman Jr. HQBN 3D MARDIV S-6 UNIT 35800 FPO AP 96602-5800 DSN 622-9726