just as a followup, if I ungzip a file, and edit the tags file to reflect the new name, it displays properly. putting it back returns its state to the regular fubar. -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923 www.knossos.net.nz -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081217/5628f066/attachment-0005.sig>