hi norbert, first of all thx for your quick reply.
i followed your recommendation and reinstalled texlive-base - after which the first bug had disappeared. the second bug: > `omega -ini -jobname=omega -progname=omega omega.ini' failed resulted from the package texlive-omega not being installed. after i had installed it everything went fine. so in the end the problem reduces to one of the package maintainer... thx again for your help sub -- Volk ist Opium für die Religion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]