Gary Parker wrote: > I tried removing and reinstalling gnome-panel, related packages and > dependencies, but nothing changed there. I saw reference somewhere to removing > .gconf* and .gnome* directories to fix this but that didn't work either. > > I have no idea where to go from here aside from a complete reinstall, which I > hope is not necessary. > > Bash now gives a strange complaint for any command given: > $ ls > bash: child setpgid (1709 to 1709): No such process Out of interest, what happens if you create a new, test user? Do either of the problems go away? Do you have any *.rpmnew files in /etc? James. -- E-mail address: james | Say it with flowers, send a triffid @westexe.demon.co.uk |