I thought that I had it solved! NOT... Each fresh boot-up for the last 2-3 days shows: dnormandin at select-man:~$ ps ax | grep notes 1795 ? Rs 36:57 xfce4-notes 2620 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto notes But no Icon in the panel or the Notification Area. Could this be a "Panel" issue, as opposed to simply a "Notes" problem? -- Duke