Have you got your loopback interface configured? You don't say which boot disks you used but those up to 2.2.7 could leave you without a loopback interface - try /sbin/ifconfig and see if lo is listed. If not, do /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /sbin/ifconfig lo up and see if your problem is still there - it worked for me. Ian Redfern.