Lonnie They are there, during the night my machine or X, restarted it self and when I tried to recompile, it worked as it should. Something changed. Thanks for the reply Lonnie. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 res005ru at gte.net Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust!