That seemed to install, but it didn't correct the problems with the other packages in dselect. Many packages install just fine, but those 12: debconf bsdmainutils adduser setserial ifupdown pidentd gmc xbase-clients xserver-common xserver-common-v3 xserver-svga xserver-xfree86 still have plenty of problems. Is perl5.6 all that is needed? -Aaron "Jonathan D. Proulx" wrote: > hi, > > spent a few days with that one: > > apt-get install perl5.6 > > -Jon