first of all, thanks to the people how tried to help me out with this rather odd problem.
i followed the suggestions, but without success - as far as up/downgrading is concerned: my system is a rex/bo mix, and the problems seemed to start when i installed libc5 from hamm - i guess that my mixing of versions was not such a great idea. downgrading libc5 to either the rex or the bo version did not help, as I pointed out before. well, the problem persists, but my weekend is drawing to a close and i'm simply out of time. i'll back up all my important files - when i get a chance, i'll just reinstall the entire system. that's not exactly an elegant solution but it will do for now. again, thanks for the advice, reto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .