I purged gnome-panel{,-data} and gnome-applets{,-data} and reinstalled
and now it works.None of the conffiles were out of date (no *.dpkg-dist files on the machine) so I'm not sure why this would make a difference. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

