You still shoulndn't need to start mutiple XDM's. One XDM process will manage more than one display. Really, I promise, I've done it before! How? Don't remember, been using GDM too long. If you're trying to start more that one XDM out of init you are definitly doing something wrong. Sorry I can't be much help with XDM though. Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 http://www.ringworld.org | PCS: 612.306.6055 They must not get baseball sized hail in Redmond. If they did MS would have realized HailStorm is a bad name for their new services.