Hi, I gave many try to run Cloudscape 3.5 database's "Simple" example on my linux box. here is the detail info. on my profile file and output from cloudscape. Testing for presence of Cloudscape-related libraries for embedded environment. FOUND IN CLASS PATH: Cloudscape primary library (cloudscape.jar or cloudsync.jar) Valid Cloudscape license NOT FOUND IN CLASS PATH: user-specified class (CloudscapeSimfleApp) (CloudscapeSimpleApp not found.) ============================================================================================ here is my /etc/profile file settings: =================================================================================================================== # /etc/profile # (c) MandrakeSoft, Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Users generally won't see annoyng core files [ "$UID" = "0" ] && ulimit -c 1000000 # System wide environment and startup programs # Functions and aliases go in /etc/bashrc PROFILE_LOADED=1 ##### Handle by Mandrake Security #PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin" ##### Handle by Mandrake Security #if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 14 ]; then # umask 002 #else # umask 022 #fi USER=`id -un` LOGNAME=$USER MAIL="/var/spool/mail/$USER" HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname` HISTSIZE=1000 if [ -z "$INPUTRC" -a ! -f "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc fi export PATH PS1 USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.3 export JAVA_HOME J2EE_HOME=/usr/local/j2sdkee1.2.1 export J2EE_HOME if [ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe.sh ];then export LESSOPEN="|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s" fi for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do if [ -x $i ]; then . $i fi done unset i # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. SECURE_LEVEL=3 # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. umask 022 # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6.bin:/usr/games:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$J2EE_HOME/bin export PATH SECURE_LEVEL CLOUDSCAPE_INSTALL=/usr/local/j2sdkee1.2.1/cloudscape export CLASSPATH=${CLOUDSCAPE_INSTALL}/lib/cloudscape.jar:${CLOUDSCAPE_INSTALL}/lib/tools.jar:${CLOUDSCAPE_INSTALL}/demo/programs/simple/CloudscapeSimpleApp.class:${CLASSPATH} # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. export PATH SECURE_LEVEL ================================================================================== Netcenter Help __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/