Hi, The .string test is wrong regards wise for CPUs which check on instruction alignment. You cannot just emit a string into the flow of instructions. Ciao, Marcus License: LGPL Changelog: Do not emit .string into the instruction stream, but into the .data section (to avoid alignment assertions). Index: configure.ac =================================================================== RCS file: /home/wine/wine/configure.ac,v retrieving revision 1.70 diff -u -r1.70 configure.ac --- configure.ac 15 Aug 2002 22:08:41 -0000 1.70 +++ configure.ac 19 Aug 2002 07:31:22 -0000 @@ -743,7 +743,11 @@ dnl **** Check for .string in assembler **** AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether assembler accepts .string], ac_cv_c_asm_string, - WINE_TRY_ASM_LINK([".string \"test\""],,,ac_cv_c_asm_string="yes",ac_cv_c_asm_string="no")) + WINE_TRY_ASM_LINK([ + ".data\n" + ".string \"test\"\n" + ".text\n" + ],,,ac_cv_c_asm_string="yes",ac_cv_c_asm_string="no")) if test "$ac_cv_c_asm_string" = "yes" then AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ASM_STRING, 1, [Define to use .string instead of .ascii])