pear is show the error message "Unknown remote channel: pear.symfony-project.com" when the chaneel is not activ in the local repo you became this message!!! Sven -- Röllig IT - Technik Hermannstr. 12 12049 Berlin Tel: 0049 (0)30 / 447 297 03 Fax: 0049 (0)30 / 447 297 02 mailto: roellig at roellig-ltd.de