Jude DaShiell wrote: > When I reinstall the original fedora core 3 speakup operating system on > this machine later today, what can I tell yum in what way so yum does not > go and update the alsa-project software? The updates on alsa-project > software since February 2005 have imposed a completely effective denial of > service attack on first multimedia functionality and second g.u.i. > accessibility through gnopernicus on this computer. You can exclude packages in /etc/yum.conf , even using wildcards, eg exclude=alsa* You can exclude several packages eg exclude=alsa* kernel* -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland