greetings i am helping a sight impaired friend with an really old 96 meg ram computer that he uses for asterisk pbx he loaded it... amazing for a blind person... and he wants me to secure it as best i can... it had a failed (lost remote connection) yum update on centos 4.x and i am trying to finish... what do i need to do to get past this part (below) now? my apologies as i do not know how to specifically massage the machine or yum data areas to get out of here intact and finish the update... my apologies. info below... [root at server conf]# yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package php-pear.i386 0:4.3.9-3.9 set to be updated ---> Package php-gd.i386 0:4.3.9-3.9 set to be updated ---> Package mc.i386 1:4.6.1-0.8.1 set to be updated ---> Package kernel-devel.i586 0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL set to be installed ---> Package php.i386 0:4.3.9-3.9 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3.8 for package: php-mysql --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: php = 4.3.9-3.8 is needed by package php-mysql thanks and kind regards.... - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net