> Try trapping the output of the command in the script to a tmp > file and see what it is saying. Ah! This has solved it! [root:/tmp] # cat xnetload.error /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/load: xnetload: not found So changing xnetload to /usr/X11R6/bin/xnetload worked, and now xnetload loads on ppp up. Thanks to all for your help! Tata, -- alisdair mcdiarmid alisdair@letdown.demon.co.uk [empty black dead clean cold numb free alone afraid complete]