Thanks for your fast replies. I'm sorry, I postet the wrong rput syntax. > \rput{1,1}hello > It should have been \rput(1,1){hello}. Thanks for the hint that pstricks is for ps - not for dvi. Ps works great - but has the disadvantage of loosing ForwardDvi. Is there a more compatible viewer than Okular 0.10.4 (Suse 11.3) which I could try?