Hi, I wrote a small appication "test_shell" and started the same as a background process ("test_shell&") from "rcS" script to print a message "This is to test the shell for daemon processes" on console for every ten seconds. For this, the rcS script contains the below command: "test_shell &" I have built two images for the target with the kernel versions linux-2.6.18 and linux-mips-2.6.12. In case of linux-mips-2.6.12 i am able to see the prints on the console. In case of linux-2.6.18 i am not getting the prints on the console. if i try "ps" command i am able to see the process running in the background. In both kernel versions libraries and shell used are same. What could be the reason for this? Please suggest me some solution for this. Thanks in advance. Regards, veeru. Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php