I get a crash without a proxy... my settings are http_proxy_host: http_proxy_port:8180 http_proxy_auth:0 http_proxy_auth_user: http_proxy_auth_pass: accept_language:en ssl_verify_certificates:0 memory_cache_size:2097152 inter alia Peter K. And happy Xmas to all the readers (someone needs to say it!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Peter D. Killworth, James Rennell Division for Ocean Circulation and Climate, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, England. Tel: +44 (0)23-80596202 Fax: +44 (0)23-80596204 Email: P.Killworth(a)soc.soton.ac.uk Web: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/PROC/people/pki/ Editor, Ocean Modelling: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ocemod/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------