Sorry for the cross-posting again. I have since corrected some small typos and put this mini-howto to my member page at PIClist.com and Microchip Forum MPLAB section. My PIClitst.com member page (Thanks, James!) http://www.piclist.com/techref/member/xiaofan-sg-/index.htm Microchip Forum Post: http://forum.microchip.com/tm.asp?m=112347 Further updates will be posted to these two sites. It will take a while though since I am now testing some PICKit 2 and PICDEM FS USB Linux applications as well as Xwisp2 Linux support (Yes!!! Xwisp2 for Linux!!!). Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist