I just wanted to see if anybody had an idea on how to fix this. I am trying to install Gnome 1.4 on a couple of boxes and thought I would try Ximians installer app. I figured since I had several boxes I was going to install this on I would first ftp the files and then install locally. So using ncftp I downloaded the whole RedHat 7.1 tree, the installer and the install.xml file. I then went and launched their installer. For what I am assuming is updating dependencies, the installer still needs access to Ximians site. If you use the installer to download the files, then it allows you to specify a proxy server, but if you use the files from a local directory, it does not. So I checked the startup options. Yup, you can specify the proxy settings here. But the dang things don't work. Works fine from the gui, but the CLI options just don't work. Anybody seen this? Any Ideas? Garl -- ============================================================================= Garl R. Grigsby Senior Customer Applications Engineering - Analysis Team ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Structural Dynamics Research Corporation Phone: (800)242-7372 TAO Americas Support Center FAX: (541)342-8277 1750 Willow Creek Circle Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eugene, OR 97402 Internet: http://www.sdrc.com ============================================================================= -FEA makes a good engineer great, and a poor engineer dangerous- =============================================================================