> to find out the cause of your problems, do a 'apt-get install > task-helix-gnome', that should tell you why it is being held back. Yup, that did the trick. gaim was the offender, I believe its name was changed to gaim-gnome. apt removed gaim and installed gaim-gnome. Everything ok now. Thanks a lot -- I did not vote for the Austrian government Linux: The choice of a GNU generation. Visit http://www.gnu.org/