* Curtis Rey (crrey@charter.net) [030216 09:58]: -> ->So, it is safe to assume that during a dependency check while updating either ->the various gnome packages or the susewm file that, for what ever reason, ->apt-get/synaptic determined that it need to remove some essential KDE ->packages/files. -> ->Hmmm, I don't know of any apt-get log that I can use to determine what it did ->(if anyone does please let me know). Be careful. Apt-get/synaptic is a nice ->tool overall but has been know to perform actions such as this in the past ->and can potentially hose your system. Luckily, I have only to replace some ->kde packages - it might have been much worse. A suggestion. If Synaptic doesn't tell you " Hey! This and this and this are going to be removed! " then stop using it. :) If you use apt via commandline then you'll see that it tells you that "This and this will be installed while this, that and the other thing will be removed. " And it will give you a chance to say no..I don't want you to do that. At least until you can figure out why it wants to do what it's saying it's going to do. This isn't a dig at Curtis..it's just a general statement. " Don't just click blindly and think the software created by other flawed humans will be perfect. :) " apt can destroy things but so can YOU as well as just running rpm via commandline. It's the nature of the beast. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I'll tell you what you should see.