Just forgot 1 thing , I don t know if it s important : phil at skaarj:~/temp/GWorkspace$ alias alias gqcam='gqcam -s -v /dev/video1' alias ls='ls --color' alias m='mplayer -gui ' alias mc='mc --color' alias nslookup='nslookup -sil' alias x='startx' So mplayer in /etc/profile is mplayer -gui Works on FreebBSD and NetBSD for me . Phil