Do you have Xwin.exe,xterm.exe in c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin, do you have cygwin1.dll in c:\cygwin\bin? What happens if you do a "echo %PATH%" after the path is set.. Give the shell-script, startxwin.sh or similar a try from within bash.. Which OS BTW? /Andy -- The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty!