On Sunday 08 March 2009 20:58, you wrote: > yes, the "yum list" output shows both installed and available (from > the repos you have configured). if not installed it shows the repo - > e.g., "base", "rpmforge". so, if you're is showing installed there's > something else going on. is it complaining about dbus-python in > general, or is it giving a version/release-specific error? # hp-setup warning: python-dbus not installed. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.2) Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 8.0 <snip> (Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.) Using connection type: usb error: No device selected/specified or that supports this functionality. That is correct. The printer in question is a networked one, and I would expect to have to set it in hp-setup. It works from other boxes with more recent distros. > there's > also: > > rpm -qa dbus-python\* > > to check that something is installed. That simply returns dbus-python-0.70-7.el5 Anne