gdh writes: > It was the generic 'xdm' that was the problem, but when I tried to remove > it, it wanted to take 'task-x-window-system' away, too.. Let it. 'task-x-window-system' is an empty package which does nothing but depend on a bunch of X stuff so that the X stuff gets installed when you install it. Removing it will have no effect at all. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin