Unable to bind port??

[Mike <frag79@mindspring.com>]

I Installed debian Frozen the other day using the base floppies ans
downloading the rest. I chose the profiles I wanted, and the install
went fine. Then the problems started....gnome was so slow it took at
least 5 minutes to start and 3 minutes for any program to start. Then
I used apt to install blackbox and it worked fine. I have plenty of
memory and gnome has always worked fine with slackware, so I don't know
what the problem is. Also, I used apt to install some other programs,
pan and gaim, and whn i try to start them it said "unable to bind port
xxxx" where x was some numbers I can't recall. After this, i reformatted
my hadr disk and reinstalled, and had the same problems. Can anyone help
me???

Thanks,
Mike