Folks, Ok I realize my error. I mistakenly thought thte path to the libraries was in the config file, but that was my ears and brain processing what it heard incorrectly. I realize that after adding the /usr/local/lib path to the ld.so.conf file and running ldconfig, all was perfectly fine. Sorry about that I looked over the config file and realized right off what I missed. Silly me! Sorry for wasting bw on a very simple problem. Maybe I need that other cup of coffee afterall. Scott