Thanks to Alfred for the reminder about strace. That showed me that I had managed to somehow leave the compat-libstdc++-33 package uninstalled on the systems I was using to test this issue, as well as the desktop where I first found it. Both Acrobat Reader 7.0.1 and 7.0.5 now work fine, and I can again use it to view online statements from my creditors. ;^> -- Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly