> > > Is there an applet that determines if the GUI is available > > > > The GUI is always available. > > Maybe technically correct, but I'm planning on setting up a compile box > which will be remote login only. > > I would not want a script to launch things which popup gui things and halt > everything. I know most people don't want this, but I think it would be > good to tell all programs in a uniform way that we don't want gui. I agree :) david