OK, this is probably a known problem to everyone else, but I dont see the fix in scanning the newsgroup or problems with Fedora6. When I try to build a kernel, and do a 'make xconfig' I get the messages --- [root@deneb linux-2.6.19]# make xconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o HOSTCXX scripts/kconfig/qconf.o /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30834: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30835: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30836: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30837: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30838: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30839: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30840: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30841: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30842: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30843: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30844: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30845: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30846: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' /tmp/ccVYOP0a.s:30847: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.weakref' make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/qconf.o] Error 1 make: *** [xconfig] Error 2 [root@deneb linux-2.6.19]# --- This all worked under Fedora4. So what's broken in the assembler/ whats missing from my install??? -- Reg.Clemens reg@xxxxxxx