diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/Changes b/plug-ins/perl/Changes
index 7b5b429613..0eeab7b681 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/Changes
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/Changes
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Revision history for Gimp-Perl extension.
         - added blowinout.pl, terral_text and xachvision.pl.
         - the use of Gimp::PDL to access the region/tile functions is
           now mandatory. The old string interface does not exist anymore.
+        - the path to the server-socket now includes the UID, to avoid
+          collisions. CGI-scripts should use either tcp or specify the path
+          directly using GIMP_HOST (see Gimp::Net for details).
         
 1.055 Mon Feb 22 22:38:44 CET 1999
 	- applied seth's script changes.
diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/Gimp/Net.pm b/plug-ins/perl/Gimp/Net.pm
index 3d1aba7aa7..2fd64eb58a 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/Gimp/Net.pm
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/Gimp/Net.pm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use subs qw(gimp_call_procedure);
 use IO::Socket;
 
 $default_tcp_port  = 10009;
-$default_unix_dir  = "/tmp/gimp-perl-serv/";
+$default_unix_dir  = "/tmp/gimp-perl-serv-uid-$>/";
 $default_unix_sock = "gimp-perl-serv";
 
 $trace_res = *STDERR;
diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/MANIFEST b/plug-ins/perl/MANIFEST
index 5d6aef77a3..5c23dfa9f8 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/MANIFEST
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/MANIFEST
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ examples/parasite-editor
 examples/scratches.pl
 examples/blowinout.pl
 examples/terral_text
+examples/xachvision.pl
diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL b/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL
index 2dec87aa5d..afa9996c06 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ EOF
 @examples =
    qw(windy.pl prep4gif.pl webify.pl PDB alpha2color.pl tex-to-float ditherize.pl
       border.pl view3d.pl feedback.pl xachlego.pl xachshadow.pl parasite-editor
-      scratches.pl blowinout.pl terral_text);
+      scratches.pl blowinout.pl terral_text xachvision.pl);
 @shebang = (map("examples/$_",@examples),
    qw(Perl-Server scm2perl scm2scm examples/example-net.pl examples/homepage-logo.pl
       examples/example-fu.pl));
diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision.pl b/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a64feb97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Once again, an effect of Xach's
+# Created by Seth Burgess <sjburges@gimp.org>
+
+use Gimp;
+use Gimp::Fu;
+
+register "xachvision",
+         "Xach Survielence Camera/XachVision",
+         "This makes an interlaced-looking machine vision type thing.",
+         "Seth Burgess",
+         "Seth Burgess <sjburges\@gimp.org>",
+         "1999-02-28",
+         "<Image>/Filters/Noise/Xach Vision",
+         "RGB*, GRAY*",
+         [
+          [PF_COLOR,	"Color",	"What Color to see the world in", [0, 255, 0]],
+	  [PF_SLIDER,   "Added Noise", "How much noise to add", 25, [0,255,5]]
+         ],
+         sub {
+   my($img,$drawable,$color,$amt) =@_;
+
+  eval { $img->undo_push_group_start };
+	$oldbackground = gimp_palette_get_background();
+
+	$midlayer = $drawable->gimp_layer_copy(1);
+	$img->add_layer($midlayer, 0);
+
+	$toplayer = $drawable->gimp_layer_copy(0);	
+	$img->add_layer($toplayer, 0);
+
+	gimp_palette_set_background($color);
+	$toplayer->edit_fill();
+	$toplayer->set_mode(COLOR_MODE);
+	
+	gimp_palette_set_background([0,0,0]);
+	$drawable->edit_fill();
+
+	$amt = $amt/255;
+	$midlayer->plug_in_noisify(1,$amt, $amt, $amt, $amt);
+	$midmask = $midlayer->create_mask(0);
+	$img->add_layer_mask($midlayer,	$midmask);
+	$midmask->plug_in_grid($img->height * 3, 3, 0, 0);
+	$midmask->plug_in_gauss_iir(1.01, 1, 1);
+
+	gimp_palette_set_background($oldbackground);
+  eval { $img->undo_push_group_end };
+	gimp_displays_flush();
+	return();
+};
+exit main;
+