I was checking my bashrc file in /etc instead of the .bashrc file in my home dir... duh.. I just had to put the path in there.. thanks for your time..

the only thing wrong now is when I use your modified runlime.sh I get a

font specified in font.properties not found

it's looking for symbol.. can I fix this?

and was wondering if you could suggest anyone to help me with a few problems I'm haveing elsewhere in linux.. (I'm still fairly new...as if yuo couldn't tell)

Chris