When I start yumex as user it displays but stops with an error message that the backend is not running. However "yumex --root" starts and runs normally. It is Centos 6.5 64 bit and using XFCE running in virtualbox if that matters. Any suggestion as to what I am missing? Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/w2bod Box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE