Hi, Usually I tend to use the command line or apt, but If I just downloaded an rpm, I generally just click it in nautilus and enter the root passwd and it installs, seems like its broken. I have tried it several times and 3 different machines, logged in as root (for a test) and also as a user, I get the login box, and then processing headers and blah! the dialogue box vanishes and nothing, if I then do a: rpm -qa | grep filename nothing, I have to use the command line to install it, has anyone else had this problem?, if so I'll go a bug hunting. This is the same for the rpms on the redhat cd's as well. Mark