Neither XEmacs 21.4 nor 21.5 can find a module in the system module directory. The way that the Makefiles are set up now, that is ${libdir}/${instvardir}/${configuration}/modules (e.g., on my system, that is /usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b6/i686-pc-linux/modules). However, module-load-path is set in dump-paths.el by evaluating (paths-find-module-directory roots). That function is defined in setup-paths.el with this body: (paths-find-architecture-directory roots "modules" nil configure-module-directory) However, that function evaluates to ${libdir}/${instvardir}/${configuration}; i.e., it is missing the final "/modules" component, causing XEmacs to fail to see modules in that directory. The immediate problem is that paths-find-architecture-directory, defined in find-paths.el, doesn't look for the right combination of "base" and "system-configuration". In fact, the first test looks plain wrong. It is (paths-find-version-directory roots (concat base system-configuration) envvar default) But since neither "base" nor "system-configuration" contain a "/" character, concatenating them does not seem useful. Furthermore, the system-configuration should contain the base, not the other way around, given the way the paths are set up currently. So shouldn't that first test be (paths-find-version-directory roots (paths-construct-path (list system-configuration base) envvar default) instead? That works for the system module case. Does it break anything else? -- Jerry James <james(a)xemacs.org&gt;