OK, I got it ...lucky I was a shell programmer before. I moved $HOME/.sversionrc and $HOME/.mimes-type in another name, and lanching swriter works perfectly. I have to test now in production. Thanks Thomas and Klaasjan for your precious info. Philippe -- Philippe, Chiangmai, Thailand -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list