Joe, We did not have that issue: Our xstart (for one DM system that does not use ssh) is simply /opt/ia/go_dm @d and the go_dm consists of the lines DISPLAY=$1; export DISPLAY /usr/fox/wp/bin/blink_task -f & PID_LAST=`echo $!` /usr/fox/wp/bin/dm_wp50 if [ -n "$PID_LAST" ] then # echo About to kill blink_task kill -9 $PID_LAST fi exit We didn't have to hard-code a display number. Corey "Joseph M. Riccardi" <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/11/2010 04:27 PM Please respond to foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject Re: [foxboro] Exceed on Demand (EoD) set up Rick, Thanks for the lead. Plant just tried your suggestion and they are still getting the gray cross-hatch window and eventually "Errno = 4"; same as before. Anyone know what "Errno = 4" means? Thanks again. Joseph M. Riccardi, Inc. DCS Services - Industrial Process Control Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "To give real service you must add something that cannot be bought or measured with money; and that is sincerity and integrity." - Donald A. Adams _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave