> edit the configure file, and change the first line from /bin/sh to > /bin/bash, that will solve your problem. That worked! But I think it begs the question: Why is configure broken by default? Is it? Thanks for the fix! Jeremy -- WWW: http://www.afterstep.org/ FTP: ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/ MAIL: http://www.caldera.com/linuxcenter/forums/afterstep.html