>From: glhenni@cs.sandia.gov[SMTP:glhenni@cs.sandia.gov] >Cookies are just random keys that are assigned to an X session (by >xdm) when you log in. In order to display anything in that session you >have to have that key. That's a bit odd - I don't use xdm, just startx from the console... Nevertheless, thanks for the explanation. Paul.