I was just wondering if there is a dependency somewhere that might be pulling kde packages (either recommended or otherwise) in the most recent upgrade for feisty? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- adam@xUbuntu4work:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: crystalcursors enscript gnome-themes industrial-cursor-theme kamera kappfinder kate kcontrol kde-icons-crystal kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdeprint kdesktop kdm kfind khelpcenter kicker klipper kmenuedit konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kpager kpersonalizer kregexpeditor ksmserver ksplash ksysguard ksysguardd ktip kwin libakode2 libarts1-akode libarts1c2a libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-qt3-1 libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libkcddb1 libkonq4 libopenexr2c2a libsamplerate0 perl-suid poster psutils The following NEW packages will be installed: crystalcursors enscript gnome-themes industrial-cursor-theme kamera kappfinder kate kcontrol kde-icons-crystal kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdeprint kdesktop kdm kfind khelpcenter kicker klipper kmenuedit konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kpager kpersonalizer kregexpeditor ksmserver ksplash ksysguard ksysguardd ktip kwin libakode2 libarts1-akode libarts1c2a libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-qt3-1 libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libkcddb1 libkonq4 libopenexr2c2a libsamplerate0 perl-suid poster psutils The following packages will be upgraded: openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-style-andromeda openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-style-industrial openoffice.org-style-tango python2.5 python2.5-dev python2.5-minimal ttf-opensymbol update-manager update-manager-core ----------------------------------------------------------------------- another annoyance is that i assume with the installation of kdm and ksplash i am going to have to re-configure gdm and my usplash (both being equally annoying and I think it would completely confuse some of our newer users) -Adam -- -=:max:=-