Thanks again Yves, Looks like I'm most of the way there. Just this message about pdp_text . Jim
PDP: version 0.12.3 PiDiP : additional video processing objects for PDP : version 0.12.16 ( ydegoyon@free.fr )
pdp_text : severe error : could not load default font : no rendering !!! pdp_colorgrid: version 0.4, written by Yves Degoyon (ydegoyon@free.fr) & Lluis Gomez i Bigorda (lluis@artefacte.org)