You need to install the X11R6-contrib package. To run a command with switches, etc. encase it in quotes, e.g. $ wine "/mnt/windos/windows/command/format.exe c:" That should work :-) On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 00:03, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: > I need to execute a specified string in order to use Eudora for win. > > At the moment, if I start wine from a terminal I receive the message: > "Xmessage not found" or similar. If I click on an exe in konqueror every > app starts without problem. > I simply need to pass to WINE a specific command line. > > Thank you > Olaf > > > Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, SoundBlaster 128 PCI, > Realtek Ethernet, i740 video card running at 1024@16bpp, Toshiba CD and LG > 8080B CD-RW > hda1: win 98, hda5 Linux ReiserFS, hda6 swap, hda7 ReiserFS (/home); hdb1: > FAT32 with datas -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson