I decided to see how other packages might compile. Next in the build chain is kdebase. That build effort failed quickly. I'm attaching the output of the build. Curious error message: configure: WARNING: linux/cdrom.h: present but cannot be compiled Is this a problem with my kernel version (2.6.27.48-smp) or kernel configuration? I can recompile the kernel if necessary? I do not have the Trinity version of kdelibs or arts installed. I don't know whether that is important. I'm building with a stock 3.5.10 installed. Darrell