> A deeply troubling question: why did dist-upgrade break my system in this > manner? Hi I know your problem was solved, but still very surprided about this breaking of system. BTW did you do apt-get update and apt-get upgrade before apt-get dist-upgrade ? prashant -- Prashant Kumar Senior Undergraduate, Dept. of Computer Sc. and Engineering IIT Kanpur , India. http://home.iitk.ac.in/student/prashkr Ph # +91-9935164525