Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk&gt; writes: Yes, and actually, the *canonicalize* routines return "127.0.0.1" in cases of a local connection. The point is that if I have a display of "metheny:0" and call (make-frame-on-display ":0"), it crashes. Conversly, if I have a display of ":0" and call (make-frame-on-display "metheny:0"), it crashes too. I was wondering if it could come from the fact that XEmacs tries to create a new console whereas there's already an existing one. Chuck or Ben, could you explain to me exactly what represents a console (as opposed to a device) under X ? -- / / _ _ Didier Verna http://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:verna＠inf.enst.fr /_/ / /_/ / /__ / 46 rue Barrault Tel. (33) 01 45 81 80 72 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19