> I'm > setting up two machines here, both experience the same problems with > Mandrake 8.2. I'm going to reinstall it once more then I'll give up and > move on to Red Hat. The only reason I'm installing it at all is because > the client wants it. Any and all advice will be vastly appreciated ! Get a copy of 9.0, or even 9.1rc1 which just came out. 8.2 is pretty old by Mandrake standards. You'll be pleased to know that 9.x is gcc 3 based... Cheers Daniel