I'm launching this with apache, by hitting a php test page on <a href="http://ionisis.com">ionisis.com</a>, and that php page calls the exec command which is supposed to launch a virtual x (Xvfb), and then a firefox instance, and sleeps for 4 seconds, and then uses import to grab a screenshot of the website. I've got this all in a shell script, and if i exec the shell script from the console, as a USER (me, or root), on my machine OR my server, all is fine; but when i have APACHE exec it via php "exec", i keep running into various problems. I've got ALMOST all of it sorted out right now . I had to create a /var/www/.gnome/ and a /var/www/.gnome_private/ and a /var/www/.gnome/accels directory that eliminated a LOT of errors, and now i actually get a screenshot from it when using apache! However it is an EMPTY X screen, with the old-school cross hatch background, and no firefox or import. Like i said, i've tracked down a lot of the errors, and eliminated them. Here are the latest errors (in total): [^v^] cat /var/log/httpd/error_log | tail xauth: creating new authority file /tmp/xvfb_1_at_a_time _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: (l)stat failed for /tmp/.X11-unix (13) _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.X11-unix) failed, errno = 13 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for unix Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":66.0". firefox: no process killed I'm not sure why it's trying to create that directory when it is already there; furthermore, why it is trying to create it when run by APACHE, but not when run by a USER... BTW, i've never used a mailing list before... Thanx! -- Vector Thorn, Ionisis 513-549-5040 <a href="http://Ionisis.com">http://Ionisis.com</a> <a href="http://LinuxIntro.com">http://LinuxIntro.com</a> <a href="http://TheReformProject.com">http://TheReformProject.com</a> <a href="http://eInformationManager.com">http://eInformationManager.com</a> <a href="http://eInformationOrganizer.com">http://eInformationOrganizer.com</a> <a href="http://InHomeHealthCareAgency.com">http://InHomeHealthCareAgency.com</a> All websites are under development