Hi All I am trying to lauch a xterm window on a remote machine and then once the xterm window is launched from the remote machine I am trying to start a gui on the xterm window. The following is the command I am using to start the xterm .It is failing and giving the error. remsh hostname " . /home/john/.profile >/dev/null 2> /dev/null;xterm" stty: invalid command xterm Xt error: Can't open display also can you let me know once the xterm is open how do we lauch the gui on the xterm window using the same remoteshell.The gui name is nam_gui. Regards, Naveen