OK, what is missing here? I wouldn't know what should be wrong with my /etc/ld.so.conf khaberz＠zaphod:~ > uname -a Linux zaphod 2.4.2 #18 Sun Mar 25 14:36:57 CEST 2001 i586 unknown [...] checking for sys/soundcard.h... yes xemacs will be linked with "linuxplay.o" Defining SOUNDCARD_H_FILE = "sys/soundcard.h" Defining HAVE_NATIVE_SOUND checking for audio/audiolib.h... no checking for esd-config... no xemacs will be linked with "miscplay.o" checking for TTY-related features Defining HAVE_TTY xemacs will be linked with "console-tty.o device-tty.o event-tty.o frame-tty.o objects-tty.o redisplay-tty.o cm.o" checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no xemacs will be linked with "tparam.o" Prepending "-ltermcap -lcurses" to $LIBS Defining CURSES_H_FILE = "curses.h" Defining TERM_H_FILE = "term.h" checking for gpm.h... yes checking for Gpm_Open in -lgpm... no xemacs will be linked with "event-unixoid.o" checking for database support checking for ndbm.h... yes checking for dbm_open in -lgdbm... no checking for dbm_open... no checking for dbm_open in -ldbm... no checking for Berkeley db.h... no checking for module support checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for dlopen in -lc... checking for dlopen in -ldl... checking for shl_load in -ldld... no checking for dld_init in -ldld... no configure: warning: Module support cannot be provided. *** PANIC *** The C compiler can no longer build working executables. *** PANIC *** Please examine the tail of config.log for runtime errors. *** PANIC *** The most likely reason for this problem is that configure *** PANIC *** links with shared libraries, but those libraries cannot be *** PANIC *** found at run time. *** PANIC *** *** PANIC *** On a Linux system, edit /etc/ld.so.conf and re-run ldconfig. *** PANIC *** On other systems, try telling configure where to find the *** PANIC *** shared libraries using the --site-runtime-libraries option *** PANIC *** *** PANIC *** Another way to shoot yourself in the foot is to specify *** PANIC *** --with-FEATURE when FEATURE is not actually installed *** PANIC *** on your system. Don't do that. Thanks, Kai