Amadeus W. M. wrote: >> I've had occasional problems installing Windows XP >> and other Linux distributions like SuSE, >> but I've had a disproportionate number of problems with anaconda, >> on both 32- and 64-bit machines. > Does it happen if you install in text mode? That's a very good idea, thank you. I haven't tried installing on this machine in text mode. Actually, the point at which the machine hung - during installation of a package - doesn't seem to gel with a video error, but I shall try installation in text mode next. -- 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