I neglected to mention that xwd images can then be converted to the format of your choice using gimp. I don't believe that xv will open an xwd image, I seem to remember taking an xwd snapshot, using gimp to convert it to jpeg, then using xv to convert the jpeg to xpm for something I needed in xpm format. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e