Steve, Several releases ago I had a problem installing the ogg/vorbis software downloaded from sources. In my case it turned out that a primitive version had been included with my distro and was installed already, and the new stuff was not overwriting it, but going into different locations. The solution was to first use the Slackware "removepkg" utility to uninstall the original package, after which the new stuff worked fine. Any chance something like this might be happening on your system? -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (73% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Personal http://www.hhs48.com, Downloads http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh