Could do "startx" from a screen terminal in slackware and it works in gentoo as well. This seems to be a Debian-specific issue. Suggestions most welcome. Lucien -- If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender. PGP Key fingerprint=F1C0 D9AE 1B18 1405 4DFA B4CC 6DC7 FF78 C76E FB15 To Big Brother Echelon from "spook": North Korea CIA Khaddafi Afghanistan Noriega Rumsfeld fissionable Iraq