1. why do you start it as root. 2. you loose options of the binary, which could make the program simply exit if it hasn't got its options. 3. you should add 2>&1 before '|less' to avoid loss of debug messages. your command line should look like this : wine /usr/local/games/halflife/ss_tribes_1_11/Tribes.exe --debugmsg +loaddll -- +exec sstl_1 -dedicated 2>&1 |less ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users