On 10/11/07, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > das wrote: > > checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C > > compiled programs. > > Something is squashing your execute permissions. > I was going to suggest the same thing. Perhaps related to using ReiserFS?? Perhaps how the fs is mounted (/etc/fstab)?? Just out of curiosity what are the relevant contents of fstab and the output of mount? -Mauriat