> I have the file Contents-i386 on my hd. You can find it at > /dists/potato on any ftp mirror of debian. > #grep libXaw.so Contents-i386 > tells me that this is a file of the package xlib6g-dev. Do > you have installed this? i was looking for libXaw.a and expected it to be in xlib6g-dev but it was not there in the meantime i found it in xlib6g-static following Steve's suggestion but thanks for the idea imre