Tom Brown wrote: > >> When I log in to the gui desktop as the user and then open a terminal >> screen the instructions in the .bashrc do get executed >> and the application runs as it should. > > something in the run level - 3 vs's 5 ? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi Tom, I am in run level 5 in both cases - I just use <Ctl><Alt>Fx to geet to non-gui screen. Thanks for the reply ChrisG