According to James Sparenberg <james at linuxrebel.org>: > a. open AM > b. get asked if I want to update package lists. > c. click to browse installable packages. > d. wait for update packages (why it just did an update.) Actually, the "update" here is updating the soon-to-be-displayed list of uninstalled packages; it's not re-doing the download of the Packages files. Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. -- seen on the net