hi I am trying to apply pom to my kernel 2.6.9 but I don't know why I only getting "TEST FAILED: patch NOT applied." for every patch. here what I follow 1) download pom via cvs 2) export KERNEL_DIR=/home/askar/linux-2.6.9 then cd ~/netfilter/patch-o-matic and finally ./rume extra I also tried ./runme base , but with no success here is the single interaction with pom bitch... Do you want to apply this patch [N/y/t/f/a/r/b/w/q/?] y Testing patch extra/condition.patch... Warning - no help text file could be found in either /home/askar/linux-2.6.9/net/ipv4/netfilter/Config.help or /home/askar/linux-2.6.9/Documentation/Configure.help fgrep: /home/askar/linux-2.6.9/net/ipv4/netfilter/Config.in: No such file or directory Could not find place to slot in Config.in line TEST FAILED: patch NOT applied. I am getting the same message for every patch regards askar -- (after bouncing head on desk for days trying to get mine working, I'll make your life a little easier)