The xfce-4.2.2 installed by the graphical installer works properly, at
least at first glance it seems to have all the bits that were missing
when I used the Slackware .tgz install.
Thanks all, and sorry I was a bit grumpy last night.
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Chris Green (chris at areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."