$ dpkg --purge epic that fixed my multiple installations of EPIC thanks all that helped me with the problem ... I'm actually beginning to like debian a lot [ as compared to windows ] ... what I probably mean is that i like linux better than i like windows [because i hardly ever used redhat and i dont have any other flavor of linux on my machines.... ] ... and thaths/arun/prabhu/anyone else i missed out - thanks for the mini tutorial(s) ;) -ravi. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.