Milhouse,

Thanks for your quick response. I was out on errands.
I've loaded several apps( osso-status bar[works well], vlc[which would not let me complete a change the developer said I should change in nano], p7zip-7z[works], quiver[works well], MobileVDR[which never loads], typespeed[never used, actually I can't find], omweather[works well], nako[works well], mplayer[doesn't work well]Izop[never used],Doom[works well],fbreader[works], eboard[works well]gnumeric[works well], sgt puzzles[work well], load-applet[works well]. I get warnings of excessive memory use[probably because I only have about 16 mgb on the unit. Should I start removing apps that don't function or I don't know how they function?
Any further help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan