doh123 wrote: > one.. you can try compiling Wine without X11 support... see what happens. You can't. Wine will not compile with X libs. doh123 wrote: > two... you can try setting $DISPLAY to something invalid, like "export DISPLAY=:55" Won't do anything either. It's the same as not having X. X-client (wine) can't create windows on it's own. It's what the X server is for...