Hello Chuck! dict is a client server application, have you looked to see if you have dictd installed, which is the server side of the program. You could also look at dict.conf to see if their is a defualt net sever that you can uncoment. If you have dictd installed, then maybe the actually dictionary files didn't get installed. Whether this is an arch problem, or whether the package has been split in to multiple components, I can't say as I am a Debian user. But I know what you mean, dict is certainly very useful. Gene Collins >T24gYXJjaGxpbnV4IEkgc2VlbSB0byBoYXZlIGxvc3QgYWNjZXNzIHRvIG15IG9ubGluZSBkaWN0 >aW9uYXJ5IGFmdGVyIGEKcmVjZW50IHVwZ3JhZGUuIEkgaGF2ZSBiZWVuIHVzaW5nIGRpY3RkLiBU >aGUgZmlsZSAvZXRjL2RpY3QvZGljdGQuY29uZgpzYXlzIGlzIHdpbGwgZmluZCBhIGxpc3Qgb2Yg >ZGljdGlvbmFyaWVzIHVuZGVyIC91c3IvbGliL2RpY3QsIGJ1dCB0aGF0CnNlZW1zIHRvIGJlIGFu >IGVtcHR5IGRpcmVjdG9yeS4KCkFueWJvZHkgZWxzZSBzZWVpbmcgdGhpcz8gQW55Ym9keSBrbm93 >IGhvdyB0byBmaXggaXQ/CgpDaHVjawoKCi0tIAoKIENodWNrIGluIEdoZW50LCBub3J0aGVhc3Qg >b2YgSHVkc29uIG9uIHRoZSBIdWRzb24uCgpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f >X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwpTcGVha3VwIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApTcGVha3VwQGxpbnV4LXNwZWFr >dXAub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saW51eC1zcGVha3VwLm9yZy9jZ2ktYmluL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8v >c3BlYWt1cAo= _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup