As I said earlier I ran synaptic on my box with a full distribution upgrade. It killed my box, So I popin my FC1 disc reload from scratch and leave my home partition intact. Booted up login as root and recreated my user acount. Apart from xmms mp3, synaptic & apt-get and some smaller apps everything on the box works. My themes settings and more where right where I left them. Open office even recovered the last file I was busy with. Man I tell you LINUX ROCKs. I have yet to see you do that with a win box. Cheers Chadley Wilson Production PLanner / Analyst and Supervisor A division of Technobyte (Pty) Ltd. Registration No. 1993/00917/07 Email: chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +27 11 265 3000 (Switchboard) or 265 3195 (Direct) 083 342 3730 (Cell) Fax: + 27 11 265 3073 Web site: www.pinnacle.co.za WARNING: The information transmitted herewith is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies of the material.