> this puzzles me. Could you please check that > * dpkg -S reports no owner for /var/run/screen
# dpkg -S /var/run/screen/ dpkg: /var/run/screen/ not found. > * /var/run/screen is correctly removed upon dpkg -P and reinstated > with the correct (group) ownership after dpkg -i? Works correctly indeed this way. > "Freshly stable" means installed Lenny from scratch? No, that meant an upgrade from (latest stable before) Etch to (then freshly stabilized) Lenny. I hope this information helps a bit, Daniel
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