Thanks to Christian for the advice I will give it a try. I usually try to stick to .debs to allow security and other updates to keep me uptodate.
In Reply to Stephen's suggestion I include his request below, incase it proves useful..... Thanks all. Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ~$ gtk-gnutella 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): language code: "en" 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): using locale character set "UTF-8" 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): primary filename character set "UTF-8" 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): 1729 bytes available for gm_setproctitle(). 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): gtk-gnutella/0.96.2u (2006-09-23; r0; GTK2; Linux x86_64) 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): D-BUS set up and ready for use. 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): Sent D-BUS signal 'Events': started 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): gnutls_certificate_set_x509_key_file() failed: Error while reading file. 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): [hostile IP addresses (private)] unable to retrieve: no alternate locations known 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): [Spam database] unable to retrieve: no alternate locations known 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): [Host Whitelist] unable to retrieve: no alternate locations known 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): searches file does not exist: /home/debian64/.gtk-gnutella/searches.xml 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): retrieving searches from /home/debian64/.gtk-gnutella/searches.xml.orig instead 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): getaddrinfo() failed for "debian64": Name or service not known 07-02-10 14:24:42 (MESSAGE): getaddrinfo() failed for "localhost": Name or service not known 07-02-10 14:24:42 (WARNING): No "::1 localhost" in /etc/hosts!?! *** ANCIENT VERSION DETECTED! *** Sorry, this program is too ancient to run without an explicit user action: If it's not possible to upgrade you may edit the file /home/debian64/.gtk-gnutella/config_gnet and set the variable "ancient_version_force" to "gtk-gnutella/0.96.2u (2006-09-23; r0; GTK2; Linux x86_64)". You will then be able to run this version forever, but please consider upgrading, as Gnutella is an evolving network in which ancient software is less useful or even harmful! *** EXITING *** 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): trapped foreign exit(), cleaning up... 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): idtable_destroy: destroying table with 4 ids 07-02-10 14:24:45 (WARNING): cleanup all done. =========================================================== looking at the above no searches.xml exists but searches.xml is used . (MESSAGE) getaddrinfo() failed for "debian64": Name or service not known and (MESSAGE): getaddrinfo() failed for "localhost": Name or service not known and (WARNING): No "::1 localhost" in /etc/hosts!?! relate to my etc/hosts file ( automatically generated) which is; 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost debian64 # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts Which I believe is OK but I'm unsure of the line ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback ======================================================== set the variable "ancient_version_force" to "gtk-gnutella/0.96.2u (2006-09-23; r0; GTK2; Linux x86_64)". and recieved the following; 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): language code: "en" 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): using locale character set "UTF-8" 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): primary filename character set "UTF-8" 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): 1729 bytes available for gm_setproctitle(). 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): gtk-gnutella/0.96.2u (2006-09-23; r0; GTK2; Linux x 86_64) 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): D-BUS set up and ready for use. 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): Sent D-BUS signal 'Events': started 07-02-10 14:44:02 (WARNING): gnutls_certificate_set_x509_key_file() failed: Erro r while reading file. 07-02-10 14:44:02 (WARNING): [hostile IP addresses (private)] unable to retrieve : no alternate locations known 07-02-10 14:44:02 (WARNING): [Spam database] unable to retrieve: no alternate lo cations known 07-02-10 14:44:02 (WARNING): [Host Whitelist] unable to retrieve: no alternate l ocations known 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): getaddrinfo() failed for "debian64": Name or servic e not known 07-02-10 14:44:02 (MESSAGE): getaddrinfo() failed for "localhost": Name or servi ce not known 07-02-10 14:44:02 (WARNING): No "::1 localhost" in /etc/hosts!?! *** ANCIENT VERSION DETECTED! *** Sorry, this program is too ancient to run without an explicit user action: If it's not possible to upgrade you may edit the file /home/debian64/.gtk-gnutella/config_gnet and set the variable "ancient_version_force" to "gtk-gnutella/0.96.2u (2006-09-23; r0; GTK2; Linux x86_64)". You will then be able to run this version forever, but please consider upgrading, as Gnutella is an evolving network in which ancient software is less useful or even harmful! *** EXITING *** 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): trapped foreign exit(), cleaning up... 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): server->sha1_counts contains still 1 items 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): idtable_destroy: destroying table with 4 ids 07-02-10 14:44:03 (WARNING): cleanup all done. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]