I'm sure you allready know about this but I haven't seen anything on the list as of yet. On both the machines I've tried to compile this on I get a wack of errors while trying to compile v4l2-common.c. (I think) make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-pre/drivers/media/video' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-pre/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-pre/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=videodev -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c videodev.c gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-pre/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-pre/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=v4l2_common -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c v4l2-common.c v4l2-common.c:144: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:144: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:145: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:145: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:146: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:146: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:147: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:147: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:148: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:148: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') <snippage occured.> v4l2-common.c:188: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:188: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:189: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:189: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:190: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:190: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:191: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:191: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:192: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:192: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') v4l2-common.c:193: duplicate array index in initializer v4l2-common.c:193: (near initialization for `v4l2_ioctl_names_Rsmp_1cfb1467') make[3]: *** [v4l2-common.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-pre/drivers/media/video' make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_video] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-pre/drivers/media' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_media] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-pre/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 First machine is a Slackware-9.0-beta that I have installed gcc-2.95.3 on to compile kernels with. Second machine is a Slackware-8.1. >From the first machine. $ sh /usr/src/linux/scripts/ver_linux If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux darkspace 2.4.20-pre11 #1 SMP Fri Oct 25 00:08:56 MDT 2002 i686 unknown Gnu C 3.2 Gnu make 3.80 util-linux 2.11w mount 2.11w modutils 2.4.19 e2fsprogs 1.29 jfsutils 1.0.21 reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 pcmcia-cs 3.2.1 PPP 2.4.1 Linux C Library 2.3.1 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.1 Linux C++ Library 5.0.0 Procps 2.0.9 Net-tools 1.60 Kbd 1.06 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded usbmouse tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit i2c-core videodev scanner hid wacom printer usb-ohci usbcore floppy ide-scsi ide-cd cdrom scsi_mod binfmt_misc dummy 3c59x ide-floppy cmpci agpgart Not sure how the ver_linux finds the compiler, but I am using the gcc-2.95.3 for compiling the kernel. >From the second machine. $ sh /usr/src/linux/scripts/ver_linux If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux dark 2.4.20-pre11 #1 Wed Oct 23 02:02:38 MDT 2002 i686 unknown Gnu C 2.95.3 Gnu make 3.79.1 util-linux 2.11r mount 2.11r modutils 2.4.16 e2fsprogs 1.27 jfsutils 1.0.18 reiserfsprogs 3.x.1b pcmcia-cs 3.1.33 PPP 2.4.1 Linux C Library 2.2.5 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5 Procps 2.0.10 Net-tools 1.60 Kbd 1.06 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded snd-mixer-oss NVdriver iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat ip_conntrack ip_tables agpgart i2c-isa i2c-core ide-scsi ide-cd cdrom scsi_mod dummy tulip snd-via8233 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd soundcore If you want any other info please ask. Thank You. Tim Keating -- Man is not a rational animal, but a rationalising animal.