OK - I see I've got this completely wrong - tightVNC is starting via it's own script - which is fine - I always want it to run. It seems the above script is purely for PiPlay.

How do I stop it running?

Thanks for the reply - that seems to have worked :)!

Also, this line...

sudo xboxdrv --silent --config /home/pi/pimame/config/xboxdrv_mapping.cfg --dbus

seems to configure my wired Xbox controller - but it doesn't allow me to use the D-PAD for games - in fact it's not even recognised in the controller configurator (TAB).

How do I get the D-PAD to be recognised?

Thanks again and all the best.