> /etc/init.d/kdm: /bin/start-stop-daemon: cannot execute binary file > what the heck is /bin/start-stop-daemon? on debian systems its /sbin/start-stop-daemon. you must have some bogus file in /bin, etc. best regards -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.