Evan Harris writes: > reference to `_ctype'" messages on the link step, although my "hello, > world" test program will compile and link (but nothing else will). Please send the output from 'dpkg -l' and from compiling your program with 'gcc -v'. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. david@ods.com 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081