ok here is what i got: jman@jman-desktop:~$ miro /usr/lib/firefox INFO     Starting up Miro INFO     Version:    1.1.1 INFO     Revision:   <a href="https://svn.participatoryculture.org/svn/dtv/tags/Miro-1.1.1/tv/resources">https://svn.participatoryculture.org/svn/dtv/tags/Miro-1.1.1/tv/resources</a> - 6063 INFO     Builder:    pbuilder@mercury INFO     Build Time: 1201146701.85 INFO     Loading preferences... INFO     Starting event loop thread INFO     Restoring database... INFO     Connecting to /home/jman/.miro/sqlitedb TIMING   Database load slow: 4.487 TIMING   idle (Initializing database) too slow (5.004 secs) TIMING   idle (Initializing database) cumulative is too slow (5.004 secs) INFO     Spawning auto downloader... INFO     Displaying main frame... INFO     *** Launching Downloader Daemon **** INFO     Creating video display... WARNING  Menu item action "RenameVideo" not implemented WARNING  Menu item action "FastForward" not implemented WARNING  Menu item action "Rewind" not implemented WARNING  Menu item action "UpVolume" not implemented WARNING  Menu item action "DownVolume" not implemented INFO     loaded renderer 'xinerenderer' TIMING   gtkAsyncMethod: <function initRenderers at 0x8a78e9c> took too long: 1.696 TIMING   gtkSyncMethod: <function getDisplay at 0x8ad9224> took too long: 1.786 INFO     First URL is <a href="https://www.miroguide.com/">https://www.miroguide.com/</a> INFO     got file:///tmp/tmpmk9Gmr.html TIMING   gtkAsyncMethod: <function selectDisplay at 0x8ad91b4> took too long: 3.402 TIMING   Icon clear: 3.573 INFO     Starting movie data updates INFO     Finished startup sequence TIMING   idle (finalizing startup) too slow (6.018 secs) TIMING   idle (finalizing startup) cumulative is too slow (6.018 secs) WARNING: u'None' has no scheme WARNING: Assuming port 80 for scheme: WARNING: u'None' has no scheme WARNING: Assuming port 80 for scheme: WARNING: u'None' has no scheme WARNING: Assuming port 80 for scheme: INFO     got file:///tmp/tmpucbn3V.html INFO     First URL is <a href="https://www.miroguide.com/">https://www.miroguide.com/</a> INFO     *** Daemon ready *** INFO     got file:///usr/share/miro/resources/html/guide-navigation.html INFO     First URL is <a href="https://www.miroguide.com/">https://www.miroguide.com/</a> INFO     got <a href="https://www.miroguide.com/">https://www.miroguide.com/</a> INFO     First URL is <a href="https://www.miroguide.com/">https://www.miroguide.com/</a> WARNING: u'None' has no scheme WARNING: Assuming port 80 for scheme: WARNING: u'None' has no scheme WARNING: Assuming port 80 for scheme: WARNING: u'None' has no scheme WARNING: Assuming port 80 for scheme: ** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1) ** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2) ** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1) ** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2) ** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1) ** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2) ** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1) ** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2) /usr/bin/python2.5: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so: undefined symbol: PR_NewMonitor jman@jman-desktop:~$ WARNING  downloader: connection closed -- quitting INFO     Shutting down downloaders... <div>On 02/02/2008, Rob Beard <<a href="mailto:rob@esdelle.co.uk">rob@esdelle.co.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Javad Ayaz wrote: > how would i run it from terminal? > Click on Applications, then Accessories and select Terminal. When the terminal window opens, try entering miro and then press enter.  Hopefully it should come up with some text in the terminal window which you should be able to copy and paste into an e-mail. Rob -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>