Tried installing XD2 and it won't go. Here's what I get: brooks@84:~> xhost +localhost localhost being added to access control list brooks@84:~> su Password: 84:/home/brooks # wget -q -O - http://go.ximian.com |sh ==> Autodetecting system type... ==> Checking $DISPLAY and X permissions... The Ximian Desktop Installer is a graphical application, and either you have no DISPLAY variable set or the root user does not have permission to access your X server. Run 'xhost +localhost' before becoming root, and make sure that the DISPLAY variable is set correctly before running the go-ximian script. Cleaning up temporary files... done. As you can see, I get this message AFTER I run the 'xhost +localhost' command that it suggests. I have no idea how to check whether I have a DISPLAY variable set. Any ideas? Jack