I think I have seen this before: when I try to upload a file into gmail, Firefox crashes. When I try to access my home directory or other dependent directories, nautilus crashes silently, doesn't even start from Places. I think it's a configuration issue, or some file in the configuration. I've deleted .gconf and .gconfd, as well as .gnome2, completely, with no help. So I have started copying my directory structure over to another user name that is working fine. This started less than 24 hours ago. Can anyone explain? Alan -- It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. -- Bertrand Russell