Hi folks, The problem I am reporting in this email mostly effects users of linux and other unix systems. This does not effect Windows users of Athena and Artemis. There seem to be some severe problem in how Athena and Artemis interact with the latest version of perl/Tk. At least a couple of people have done the very sensible thing of installing the latest version of perl/Tk and then installing my software. Unfortunately, if you do so, you will run into lots of problems. As soon as possible, I will release new versions of Athena and Artemis that will play well with the latest version of perl/Tk. Until then, the best advice I can give is to "downgrade" your version of perl/Tk. Here is a copy of a version that I believe will allow you to use Athena and Artemis fully: http://leonardo.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/misc/Tk-800.024.tar.gz If this conflicts with other programs or projects for any individual user, I apologize and, as I said, will fix the problems with Athena and Artemis ASAP. So, to summarize, Athena and Artemis currently do not work with the most recent version of perl/Tk. This is my fault not the fault of perl/Tk. The solution is either to wait for me to fix the problems or to install an older version of perl/Tk. Regards, Bruce -- Bruce Ravel ----------------------------------- ravel@phys.washington.edu Code 6134, Building 3, Room 222 Naval Research Laboratory phone: (1) 202 767 5947 Washington DC 20375, USA fax: (1) 202 767 1697 NRL Synchrotron Radiation Consortium (NRL-SRC) Beamlines X11a, X11b, X23b National Synchrotron Light Source Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 My homepage: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel EXAFS software: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/