Richard Hirst wrote: > So, it would seem serial console installs remove base-config and > graphical ones don't... Here is the code that gets run only on serial console systems: elif [ "$SERIALCONSOLE" ]; then ( echo console-data purge echo console-tools purge echo console-tools-libs purge ) | dpkg --set-selections I don't see how that could cause base-config to be removed. -- see shy jo