# apt-get install xbase-clients ... The following extra packages will be installed: cpp cpp-4.1 gcc-4.1-base libdrm2 libfs6 libgl1-mesa-glx libpng12-0 libxcursor1 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxkbfile1 libxmuu1 libxrandr2 libxss1 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 ... After unpacking 21.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
And afterwards: # ldd `which xauth` linux-gate.so.1 => (0x8000000000000000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x200000000004c000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x2000000000060000) libXmuu.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXmuu.so.1 (0x2000000000098000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x20000000000b0000) libc.so.6.1 => /lib/libc.so.6.1 (0x20000000002a4000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x20000000004f8000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x2000000000510000) /lib/ld-linux-ia64.so.2 (0x2000000000000000) Of the extra packages installed to meet xbase-clients dependencies, the only one necessary for xauth was libxmuu1. All I want at present is to ssh in to a headless, small disk (1G) virtual machine and run xterm. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]