diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 3fd1676..3c82186 100644
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.8.13.b2.3
+####  version: 0.8.13.b2.4
 ####  Date: December 22 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash 3.02, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -150,11 +150,8 @@ B_TESTING_1='false'
 B_TESTING_2='false'
 # Test for X running
 B_X_RUNNING='false'
-if [[ -n $DISPLAY ]];then
-	B_X_RUNNING='true'
-fi
 
-### Directory/file exist flags
+### Directory/file exist flags; test as [[ $(boolean) ]] not [[ $boolean ]]
 B_PROC='false'
 B_CPUINFO='false'
 B_MEMINFO='false'
@@ -381,14 +378,17 @@ init()
 	fi
 
 	if [[ -e "$SCSI_DIR" ]];then
-		B_SCSI_DIR='false'
+		B_SCSI_DIR='true'
 	fi
 	
 	# lack of ifconfig will throw an error only upon it's usage
 	if [[ -x ifconfig ]];then
 		B_IFCONFIG='true'
 	fi 
-
+	
+	if [[ -n $DISPLAY ]];then
+		B_X_RUNNING='true'
+	fi
 }
 
 check_script_suggested_apps()
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ error_handler()
 # args: $1 - $@ debugging string text
 script_debugger()
 {
-	if [[ $B_SCRIPT_UP == 'true' ]];then
+	if [[ $(B_SCRIPT_UP) ]];then
 		# only return if debugger is off and no pre start up errors have occured
 		if [[ $DEBUG -eq 0 && $DEBUG_BUFFER_INDEX -eq 0 ]];then
 			return 0
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ get_audio_data()
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	# this first step handles the drivers for cases where the second step fails to find one
 	device_count=$( egrep -ic '(multimedia audio controller|audio device)' <<< "$lspci_data" )
-	if [[ $device_count -eq 1 && -f $ASOUND_DEVICE ]];then
+	if [[ $device_count -eq 1 ]] && [[ $B_ASOUND_CARDS == 'true' ]];then
 		alsa_driver=$( gawk -F ']: ' '
 		{ IGNORECASE=1 }
 		# filtering out modems and usb devices like webcams, this might get a
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ get_audio_data()
 	}') )
 
 	# in case of failure of first check do this instead
-	if [[ ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} -eq 0 && -f $ASOUND_DEVICE ]];then
+	if [[ ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} -eq 0 ]] && [[ $B_ASOUND_CARDS ]];then
 		A_AUDIO_DATA=( $( gawk -F ']: ' '
 		{ IGNORECASE=1 }
 		$1 !~ /modem/ && $2 !~ /modem/ {
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ get_audio_alsa_data()
 	local alsa_data=''
 
 	# now we'll get the alsa data if the file exists
-	if [[ $B_ASOUND_VERSION ]];then
+	if [[ $B_ASOUND_VERSION == 'true' ]];then
 		alsa_data=$( gawk '
 			{ IGNORECASE=1 }
 			# some alsa strings have the build date in (...)
@@ -1335,17 +1335,19 @@ get_audio_alsa_data()
 ## return value cpu core count string, this helps resolve the multi redundant lines of old style output
 get_cpu_core_count()
 {
-	## Because of the upcoming release of cpus with core counts over 6, a count of cores is given after Deca (10)
-	# count the number of processors given
-	local cpu_core_count=$(grep -ic "cpu cores" $CPUINFO| cut -d':' -f2)
+	if [[ $B_CPUINFO == 'true' ]]; then
+		## Because of the upcoming release of cpus with core counts over 6, a count of cores is given after Deca (10)
+		# count the number of processors given
+		local cpu_core_count=$(grep -ic "cpu cores" $CPUINFO| cut -d':' -f2)
 
-	if [[ $cpu_core_count -eq 0 ]];then
-		cpu_core_count=$(grep -ic "^processor" $CPUINFO| cut -d':' -f2)
-	fi
-	local cpu_alpha_count=''
+		if [[ $cpu_core_count -eq 0 ]];then
+			cpu_core_count=$(grep -ic "^processor" $CPUINFO| cut -d':' -f2)
+		fi
+		local cpu_alpha_count=''
 
-	if [[ $cpu_core_count -lt 2 ]]; then
-		cpu_core_count=1
+		if [[ $cpu_core_count -lt 2 ]]; then
+			cpu_core_count=1
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# match the numberic value to an alpha value
@@ -1371,67 +1373,69 @@ get_cpu_data()
 {
 	local i='' j='' cpu_array_nu='' a_cpu_working='' multi_cpu='' bits=''
 
-	IFS=$'\n'
-	A_CPU_DATA=($(gawk -F': ' '
-	{ IGNORECASE=1 }
-	# TAKE NOTE: \t+ will work for $CPUINFO, but SOME ARBITRARY FILE used for TESTING might contain SPACES!
-	# Therefore PATCH to use [ \t]+ when TESTING!
-	/^processor\t+:/ { nr = $NF }
+	if [[ $B_CPUINFO == 'true' ]];then
+		IFS=$'\n'
+		A_CPU_DATA=($(gawk -F': ' '
+		{ IGNORECASE=1 }
+		# TAKE NOTE: \t+ will work for $CPUINFO, but SOME ARBITRARY FILE used for TESTING might contain SPACES!
+		# Therefore PATCH to use [ \t]+ when TESTING!
+		/^processor\t+:/ { nr = $NF }
 
-	/^model name|^cpu\t+:/ {
-		gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $NF )
-		gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_CPU"'/, "", $NF )
-		gsub(/,/, " ", $NF)
-		gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
-		gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $NF)
-		cpu[nr, "model"] = $NF
-	}
-
-	/^cpu MHz|^clock\t+:/ {
-		if (!min) {
-			min = $NF
+		/^model name|^cpu\t+:/ {
+			gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $NF )
+			gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_CPU"'/, "", $NF )
+			gsub(/,/, " ", $NF)
+			gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
+			gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $NF)
+			cpu[nr, "model"] = $NF
 		}
-		else {
-			if ($NF < min) {
+
+		/^cpu MHz|^clock\t+:/ {
+			if (!min) {
 				min = $NF
 			}
+			else {
+				if ($NF < min) {
+					min = $NF
+				}
+			}
+
+			if ($NF > max) {
+				max = $NF
+			}
+			gsub(/MHZ/,"",$NF) ## clears out for cell cpu
+			gsub(/.00[0]+$/,".00",$NF) ## clears out excessive zeros
+			cpu[nr, "speed"] = $NF
 		}
 
-		if ($NF > max) {
-			max = $NF
-		}
-		gsub(/MHZ/,"",$NF) ## clears out for cell cpu
-		gsub(/.00[0]+$/,".00",$NF) ## clears out excessive zeros
-		cpu[nr, "speed"] = $NF
-	}
+		/^cache size/      { cpu[nr, "cache"] = $NF }
 
-	/^cache size/      { cpu[nr, "cache"] = $NF }
+		/^flags/      { cpu[nr, "flags"] = $NF }
 
-	/^flags/      { cpu[nr, "flags"] = $NF }
+		/^bogomips/   { cpu[nr, "bogomips"] = $NF }
 
-	/^bogomips/   { cpu[nr, "bogomips"] = $NF }
+		/vendor_id/ {
+			gsub(/genuine|authentic/,"",$NF)
+			cpu[nr, "vendor"] = tolower( $NF )
+		}
 
-	/vendor_id/ {
-		gsub(/genuine|authentic/,"",$NF)
-		cpu[nr, "vendor"] = tolower( $NF )
-	}
-
-	END {
-		#if (!nr) { print ",,,"; exit } # <- should this be necessary or should bash handle that
-		for ( i = 0; i <= nr; i++ ) {
-			print cpu[i, "model"] "," cpu[i, "speed"] "," cpu[i, "cache"] "," cpu[i, "flags"] "," cpu[i, "bogomips"] ","  cpu[nr, "vendor"]
-		}
-		if (!min) {
-			print "not found"
-			exit
-		}
-		if (min != max) {
-			printf("Min:%s%s Max:%s%s\n", min, "Mhz", max, "Mhz")
-		}
-		else {
-			printf("%s %s\n", max, "Mhz")
-		}
-	}' $CPUINFO))
+		END {
+			#if (!nr) { print ",,,"; exit } # <- should this be necessary or should bash handle that
+			for ( i = 0; i <= nr; i++ ) {
+				print cpu[i, "model"] "," cpu[i, "speed"] "," cpu[i, "cache"] "," cpu[i, "flags"] "," cpu[i, "bogomips"] ","  cpu[nr, "vendor"]
+			}
+			if (!min) {
+				print "not found"
+				exit
+			}
+			if (min != max) {
+				printf("Min:%s%s Max:%s%s\n", min, "Mhz", max, "Mhz")
+			}
+			else {
+				printf("%s %s\n", max, "Mhz")
+			}
+		}' $CPUINFO))
+	fi
 
 	IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 }
@@ -1465,7 +1469,7 @@ get_distro_data()
 				# because Mint does not use such, it must be done as below
 				## this if statement requires the spaces and * as it is, else it won't work
 				##
-				if [[ " $DISTROS_LSB_GOOD " == *" ${i} "* && "$B_LSB_DIR" ]];then
+				if [[ " $DISTROS_LSB_GOOD " == *" ${i} "* ]] && [[ $B_LSB_DIR == 'true' ]];then
 					distro_file='lsb-release'
 				else
 					distro_file="${i}"
@@ -1489,8 +1493,8 @@ get_distro_data()
 	# otherwise try  the default debian/ubuntu /etc/issue file
 	elif [[ -f /etc/issue ]];then
 		# lsb gives more manageable and accurate output than issue, but mint should use issue for now
-		# something here allows puppy linux into the mint section
-		if [[ $B_LSB_DIR ]] && [[ -z $( grep -i 'mint' /etc/issue ) ]];then
+		# some bashism, boolean must be in parenthesis to work correctly, ie [[ $(boolean) ]] not [[ $boolean ]]
+		if [[ $B_LSB_DIR == 'true' ]] && [[ -z $( grep -i 'mint' /etc/issue ) ]];then
 			distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
 		else
 			distro=$( gawk '
@@ -1504,14 +1508,14 @@ get_distro_data()
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	if [[ ${#distro} -gt 80 && $B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA != 'true' ]];then
+	if [[ ${#distro} -gt 80 ]] &&  [[ $B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA != 'true' ]];then
 		distro="${RED}/etc/${distro_file} corrupted, use -% to override${NORMAL}"
 	fi
 	## note: would like to actually understand the method even if it's not used
 	# : ${distro:=Unknown distro o_O}
 	## test for /etc/lsb-release as a backup in case of failure, in cases where > one version/release file
 	## were found but the above resulted in null distro value
-	if [[ -z $distro && "$B_LSB_DIR" ]];then
+	if [[ -z $distro ]] && [[ $B_LSB_DIR == 'true' ]];then
 		distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
 	fi
 	## finally, if all else has failed, give up
@@ -1532,7 +1536,7 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
 {
 	local distro=''
 
-	if [[ "$B_LSB_DIR" && $1 != 'app' ]];then
+	if [[ $B_LSB_DIR == 'true' ]] && [[ $1 != 'app' ]];then
 		distro=$( gawk -F '=' '
 
 		{ IGNORECASE=1 }
@@ -1837,7 +1841,7 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 	## then handle libata names
 	# first get the ata device names, put them into an array
 	IFS=$'\n'
-	if [[ $B_SCSI_DIR ]]; then
+	if [[ $B_SCSI_DIR == 'true' ]]; then
 		a_temp_scsi=( $( gawk  '
 		BEGIN { IGNORECASE=1 }
 		/host/ {
@@ -2045,7 +2049,7 @@ get_networking_wan_ip_data()
 
 get_networking_local_ip_data()
 {
-	if [[ $B_IFCONFIG ]];then
+	if [[ $B_IFCONFIG == 'true' ]];then
 		IFS=$'\n'
 		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( ifconfig | gawk '
 		BEGIN { IGNORECASE=1 }
@@ -2091,6 +2095,7 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 get_partition_data()
 {
 	#local excluded_file_types='--exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660'
+	# df doesn't seem to work in script with variables like at the command line
 
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	# sample line: /dev/sda2     ext3     15G  8.9G  4.9G  65% /home
@@ -2573,7 +2578,7 @@ print_gfx_data()
 	fi
 
 	## note: if glx render or version have no content, then mesa is true
-	if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $b_is_mesa != 'true' ]];then
+	if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' ]] && [[ $b_is_mesa != 'true' ]];then
 		gfx_data=$( create_print_line " " "${C1}GLX Renderer${C2} ${glx_renderer} ${C1}GLX Version${C2} ${glx_version}${CN}" )
 		if [[ $B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA == 'true' ]];then
 			gfx_data="${gfx_data} ${C1}Direct rendering${C2} ${glx_direct_render}${CN}"
@@ -2598,7 +2603,7 @@ print_hard_disk_data()
 	local hdd_capacity=${a_hdd_basic_working[0]}
 	local hdd_used=${a_hdd_basic_working[1]}
 
-	if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 3 || $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
+	if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 3 ]] || [[ $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
 	## note: the output part of this should be in the print hdd data function, not here
 		get_hard_drive_data_advanced
 		for (( i=0; i < ${#A_HDD_DATA[@]} - 1; i++ ))