Hi nigel, Tks for your advice. > but checking on synaptic on FC5 you don't > appear to have gnome-libs installed. # yum install gnome-libs Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories core [1/4] extras [2/4] updates [3/4] macromedia [4/4] ..... ....... Installed: gnome-libs.x86_64 1:1.4.1.2.90-49 Dependency Installed: ORBit.x86_64 1:0.5.17-15.2.2 libpng10.x86_64 0:1.0.18-3.2.1 Complete! But still I can't install "gnome-session" and "gnome-volume-manager". # rpm -qa | grep gnome-volume-manager # rpm -qa | grep gnome-session both without printout # yum install gnome-session Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories core [1/4] extras [2/4] updates [3/4] macromedia [4/4] Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for gnome-session to pack into transaction set. gnome-session-2.14.2-1.fc 100% |=========================| 28 kB 00:00 ---> Package gnome-session.x86_64 0:2.14.2-1.fc5.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: gnome-volume-manager for package: gnome-session --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for gnome-volume-manager to pack into transaction set. gnome-volume-manager-1.5. 100% |=========================| 23 kB 00:00 ---> Package gnome-volume-manager.x86_64 0:1.5.15-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: gthumb for package: gnome-volume-manager --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: gthumb is needed by package gnome-volume-manager # yum install gnome-volume-manager Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories core [1/4] extras [2/4] updates [3/4] macromedia [4/4] Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package gnome-volume-manager.x86_64 0:1.5.15-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: gthumb for package: gnome-volume-manager --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: gthumb is needed by package gnome-volume-manager gthumb is there. # rpm -qa | grep gthumb gthumb-2.7.7-1 # yum list installed gthumb Loading "installonlyn" plugin Installed Packages gthumb.x86_64 2.7.7-1 installed B.R. SL