> Dtsession*wmStartupCommand /path/to/afterstep in my local > .Xdefaults Try to use exec afterstep instead. Bye Thomas -- mail: tandres@vis.ethz.ch http://www.vis.ethz.ch/~tandres/ phone: 01/261 57 26 Deadwood, n.: Anyone in your company who is more senior than you are. -- WWW: http://www.afterstep.org/ FTP: ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/ MAIL: http://www.calderasystems.com/linuxcenter/forums/afterstep.html