On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 17:55 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > During startup there is a message about a missing python-dbus. Querying rpm > and yum tells me that nothing provides python-dbus and no such package > exists. What do I need? Hi Ann! ann:/etc# yum search dbus-python Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: linux.nssl.noaa.gov * rpmforge: apt.sw.be * base: mirror.anl.gov * updates: mirror.newnanutilities.org * extras: mirror.atlanticmetro.net * centosplus: mirror.its.uidaho.edu * addons: holmes.umflint.edu epel | 2.1 kB 00:00 rpmforge | 1.1 kB 00:00 adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00 base | 1.1 kB 00:00 updates | 951 B 00:00 extras | 1.1 kB 00:00 centosplus | 951 B 00:00 addons | 951 B 00:00 ============================= Matched: dbus-python ============================= dbus-python.i386 : D-Bus Python Bindings ann:/etc# rpm -q dbus-python dbus-python-0.70-7.el5 Name switch! Confused me also! -- Bob Taylor