Michael Schwendt wrote: > Do you still have a /var/log/yum.log? > > Or perhaps you can draw conclusions from looking at the output of > "rpm -qa --last|less"? less /var/log/yum.log | grep xmms Jul 11 12:47:25 Installed: 1:xmms-libs-1.2.11-5.20071117cvs.fc11.x86_64 Jul 11 12:47:26 Installed: 1:xmms-1.2.11-5.20071117cvs.fc11.x86_64 Jul 11 12:47:38 Installed: xmms-mplayer-0.5-2.fc11.x86_64 (3 more entries installing/uninstalling xmms-cdread. I remember that.) So, xmms has been installed when I installed Mplayer. I didn't check closely what was installed: I thought everything related to Mplayer had to be checked, and that's how I discovered SMplayer. I never thought there could be anything in MPlayer relating to XMMS, but I should have checked. Still, since XMMS is now considered legacy, I believe it shouldn't be suggested as an option when installing MPlayer. Any geek wanting to use MPlayer will find the way to install it, I suppose. less /var/log/yum.log | grep rhythmbox Jun 29 21:55:50 Erased: rhythmbox Jul 17 13:28:03 Installed: rhythmbox-0.12.1-3.fc11.x86_64 Of course, I don't remember erasing rhythmbox on June 29th, Let's see... less /var/log/yum.log | grep 'Erased' | grep 'Jun 29' Jun 29 21:55:33 Erased: sound-juicer Jun 29 21:55:40 Erased: brasero Jun 29 21:55:42 Erased: brasero-nautilus Jun 29 21:55:42 Erased: brasero-libs Jun 29 21:55:50 Erased: rhythmbox If I remember well, when I reinstalled Rhytmbox, it asked for components of Brasero. A quick search at Google tells me that rhythmbox can burn CDs. But, at the time, I probably thought it was some component of Brasero. Now I suppose that the absence of sound-juicer will cause me problems too if I want to rip CDs. I will reinstall it. But why the hell doesn't yum remove only what it's asked? It seems to me that it's really sweeping too wide. Thanks for your help. Is anybody anywhere taking notice of the problems new Fedora users experience on this mailing list? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines