It is working for me now. I had tried the direct links before, even the mms:// and other links further along the chain with no luck. But it is working now, and I thank those who checked it out. I just set my display variable: export DISPLAY=0:0 and that seemed to make trplayer happy. You might try that Cheryl, and put the url in "double quotes." _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list