On my Debian 3.0, I have installed: apt-get install gnome gdm2 apt-get install xserver-xfree86 apt-get install xfonts-base apt-get install xfs ...after installing these and setting up X, Gnome works. But should I install anything else? Cheers, Ben -- ben@javacoder.net www.javacoder.net/~ben www.javacoder.net - "Java coding, from the source"