Okay...when I run startx, I redirect as follows: startx > ~/.xerrors 2>&1 Now it does redirect properly into that file. The problem is that my .bashrc output is being piped into that file. Is this normal? Does xinit source the .bashrc? Cheers, Coplan /"\ ------ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN Immortal Coil.Tracking X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \ -- WWW: http://www.afterstep.org/ FTP: ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/ MAIL: http://www.caldera.com/linuxcenter/forums/afterstep.html