bewm <bewm@odd-world.com> wrote: >where is the pre-removal script for gdm (gnome display manager) /var/lib/dpkg/info/gdm.prerm >also how do i make it NOT get executed on 'dpkg --purge' You don't. You could edit it so that it doesn't fail, though (assuming that's why you're asking ...). Cheers, -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]