Hi > Try doing "apt-get install task-x-window-system", if nothing is to > be installed, you may want to just purge your configuration with > something like "export COLUMNS=500; dpkg -l | grep X | awk '{print Looks like I need some as well. After running apt-get upgrade and apt-get -f install I find that apt-get has just exited part way through the installation of the new packages. I'd like to install the 2.4.7 kernel package but can't because binutils is only partially installed. When I try to install binutils the package manager barfs once again and exits without installing or updating the package database. Is there any way round this ? Debian 2.2 r3. Thanks -- Richard