-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Henry wrote: >> Well the one showing the distro curentlly booted up is as below, and only one >> line. >> xmessage "Kubuntu-Gutsy-Gibbon-7.10" in other words, you are supplying distrib, version, and last update. excuse me, but i do not see need or reason. please enlighten me. if i could see what you are wanting to gain, possibly i could offer a solution via another procedure. other than adding '-timeout secs' to script, which is shown in 'man xmessage'. peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJKJcb+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAoqbAKCkFWUcPXR2RNgsufxazJIYeNp6/ACdHrAL SIFhaBl42jgaIuZQNrrZvn8= =OTgo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.