SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote - Yes, here is what the lisp stack backtrace says, when I launch gnus on XEmacs under X-window, *WHEN* the w3 packages is not installed. ------ BEGIN ----- Signaling: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "images") signal(file-error ("Cannot open load file" "images")) load("images" nil t nil) require(images) byte-code("..." [require tm-view running-xemacs images fboundp image-inline-p #<compiled-function (format) "...(15)" [format image-native-formats find-if #<compiled-function ... "...(7)" ... 3>] 3> put defun-maybe t image-register-netpbm-utilities image-register-converter pic ppm "pictoppm" mag "magtoppm" bitmap-insert-xbm-file #<compiled-function (file) "...(23)" [make-glyph x file make-extent e gl set-extent-end-glyph] 4> autoload highlight-headers "highlight-headers" mime-preview/x-face-function-use-highlight-headers #<compiled-function nil "...(17)" [highlight-headers re-search-forward "^$" nil t] 6> add-hook mime-viewer/content-header-filter-hook featurep mule x-face-mule boundp image-native-formats (xbm) current-load-list #<compiled-function (format) "...(5)" [format image-native-formats] 2> image-normalize #<compiled-function (format data) "...(18)" [format xbm vector :data data] 4> exec-installed-p uncompface-program x-face-decode-message-header image-invalid-glyph-p #<compiled-function (glyph) ".. .(27)" [glyph 0 2 ""] 2> byte-optimizer (nil byte-compile-inline-expand) error "%s already has a byte-optimizer, can't make it inline" byte-compile-inline-expand mime-viewer/image-converter-alist nil mapcar #<compiled-function (rule) "...(42)" [rule format ctype image-inline-p set-alist mime-viewer/content-filter-alist mime-preview/filter-for-image mime-viewer/image-converter-alist add-to-list mime-viewer/default-showing-Content-Type-list] 4> ...] 4) load-internal("tm-image" nil t nil binary) load("tm-image" nil t nil) require(tm-image) #<compiled-function nil "...(7)" [require tm-image] 2>() run-hooks(#<compiled-function nil "...(7)" [require tm-image] 2>) byte-code("..." [provide tm-view run-hooks tm-view-load-hook] 2) load-internal("tm-view" nil t nil binary) load("tm-view" nil t nil) require(tm-view) byte-code("..." [require sendmail mail-utils mel tl-list tm-view tm-ew-e signature "$Id: tm-edit.el,v 7.108 1997/05/27 03:22:55 morioka Exp $" mime-editor/RCS-ID current-load-list get-version-string mime-editor/version "tm-edit " mime-editor/version-name] 2) load-internal("tm-edit" nil t nil binary) load("tm-edit" nil t nil) require(tm-edit) byte-code("..." [require tm-edit mime-make-tag "message" "rfc822" "\n" message-forward-start-separator "" message-forward-end-separator string-match message-included-forward-headers "Mime-Version:" "\\|^Mime-Version:" "Content-Type:" "\\|^Content-Type:" "Content-Transfer-Encoding:" "\\|^Content-Transfer-Encoding:"] 3) load-internal("message-mime" nil t nil binary) load("message-mime" nil t nil) require(message-mime) #<compiled-function nil "...(7)" [require message-mime] 2>() run-hooks(#<compiled-function nil "...(7)" [require message-mime] 2>) byte-code("..." [run-hooks message-load-hook provide message] 2) load-internal("message" nil t nil binary) load("message" nil t nil) require(message) byte-code("..." [require custom emacs-major-version 20 gnus-load message custom-declare-group gnus nil "The coffee-brewing, all singing, all dancing, kitchen sink newsreader." :group news mail gnus-start "Starting your favorite newsreader." gnus-start-server "Server options at startup." gnus-group "Group buffers." :link (custom-manual "(gnus)The Group Buffer") gnus-group-foreign "Foreign groups." (custom-manual "(gnus)Foreign Groups") gnus-group-new "Automatic subscription of new groups." gnus-group-levels "Group levels." (custom-manual "(gnus)Group Levels") gnus-group-select "Selecting a Group." (custom-manual "(gnus)Selecting a Group") gnus-group-listing "Showing slices of the group list." (custom-manual "(gnus)Listing Groups") gnus-group-visual "Sorting the group buffer." (custom-manual "(gnus)Group Buffer Format") gnus-visual gnus-group-various "Various group options." (custom-manual "(gnus)Scanning New Messages") gnus-summary "Summary buffers." (custom-manual "(gnus)The Summary Buffer") gnus-summary-e xit "Leaving summary buffers." (custom-manual "(gnus)Exiting the Summary Buffer") gnus-summary-marks "Marks used in summary buffers." ...] 10) load-internal("gnus" nil t nil binary) load("gnus" nil t nil) require(gnus) byte-code("..." [require gnus gnus-charset provide gnus-mime gnus-is-red-gnus-or-later gnus-mime-old call-after-loaded gnus-art #<compiled-function nil "...(7)" [require gnus-art-mime] 2> gnus-sum #<compiled-function nil "...(7)" [require gnus-sum-mime] 2> run-hooks gnus-mime-load-hook] 3) load-internal("gnus-mime" nil t nil binary) load("gnus-mime" nil t nil) require(gnus-mime) tm-setup/load-gnus() run-hooks(tm-setup/load-gnus) load-internal("gnus" nil nil nil binary) load("gnus" nil nil nil) command-execute(gnus t) execute-extended-command(nil) call-interactively(execute-extended-command) ----- END ------ All that it takes to fix this condition is to install images.el and images.elc from the w3 package into the lisp directory. Nothing else from w3 are needed. -- Nobu Toge (toge(a)accad1.kek.jp)