what is the problem with the /development tree? see below: [root@old1 root]# yum update Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1.90 - i386 - Development Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Resolving dependencies .Package gnome-applets needs libgtop-2.0.so.1, this is not available. Package gnome-system-monitor needs libgtop-2.0.so.1, this is not available. Package gnome-applets needs libgtop_common-2.0.so.1, this is not available. Package gnome-system-monitor needs libgtop_common-2.0.so.1, this is not available. Package gnome-applets needs libgtop_sysdeps-2.0.so.1, this is not available. Package gnome-system-monitor needs libgtop_sysdeps-2.0.so.1, this is not available. [root@old1 root]# thanks for the help Richard Hally