Hi, mike lewis wrote: > freevo vdr-1.3.20 # xine-config --cflags > -I/usr/local/include ok. > freevo vdr-1.3.20 # locate input_vdr.h > /usr/local/include/xine/input_vdr.h > /build/xine-lib/src/vdr/input_vdr.h Do these two files have the same content? Do these two files have a size of 7627 each? > freevo vdr-1.3.20 # which input_vdr.h > which: no input_vdr.h in > (/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.2/sbin:/usr/kde/3.2/bin) I think you got me wrong ;-) input_vdr.h is no binary and therefore it's not in a "bin" directory. It's ok that which doesn't find it. xine-config should be on your path, so which xine-config should give you /usr/local/bin/xine-config In my previous email I ment, that the compiler option "-I/usr/local/include" adds this directory (= path) to the compiler's search list for include files. Bye. -- Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl mailto:rnissl@xxxxxx