I was right in that lesstif causes my problems. After reverting to the hamm version everything is fine again. So there either is a bug in lesstifg or an incompatibility. Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes | Th.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz | Go SF49ers! Senior-Consultant | business: Michael.Meskes@mummert.de | Go Rhein Fire! Mummert+Partner | private: Michael.Meskes@usa.net | Use Debian Unternehmensberatung AG | Michael.Meskes@gmx.net | GNU/Linux!