> Seems like the most likely problem, but things have to be very odd for > that not to be found... what does dpkg -S bytecomp show? it should at > least have > emacs19: /usr/share/emacs/19.34/lisp/bytecomp.elc Yes, on a machine with broken emacs19: emacs19: /usr/share/emacs/19.34/lisp/bytecomp.elc and with broken emacs20: emacs20: /usr/share/emacs/20.2/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.elc --David