Well, I partly solved my previous problem. I had written that my .xsession file wasn't being read. I found out why: some package had screwed up [1] my /etc/X11/Xsession file so that the line $HOME/.xsession wasn't being executed.
Okay, once I solved that it was easy to fix, right? And I fixed it. I also modified my .xsession file as suggested at www.gnome.org, so it looked like this: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal & /usr/bin/X11/icewm-gnome & /usr/bin/panel It failed. The only way I can make this work is to have it read like so: /usr/bin/X11/icewm-gnome Adding either of the other lines (or trying to background icewm) makes it fail. Any suggestions on diagnosing why? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net>