1. Go to you home directory 2. Open the file .idl_startup with a text-editor 3. Add a line into .idl_startup ssw_path,'/home/dana/idl/',/prepend This line adds /home/dana/idl/ into the beginning of the IDL's path list. 4. Save .idl_startup 5. Enter sswidl and try to run display.pro again. 6. Let me know if you have problems.