Hello, I think xhost+ is definitely needed (unless your X is already configured to accept all clients). VLC options need two - : --x11-display instead of -x11-display. You might want to try that. -- Clément Stenac -- This is the vlc mailing-list, see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ To unsubscribe, please read http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html