Hello IO.z and the list,

i updated my GEM sources from CVS, but still no go. I will try to build without gltt, if there is no fix for the problem below... (Hey, thats like a little poem!)

Heres my configure line ./configure --without-mpeg3 --with-quicktime --with-avi --with-ieee1394 --enable-mmx

configure doesnt find ftgl, as I cant build ftgl. There is some error with someting being not defined in FTFace.cpp. I sent an email to Henery Maddock, FTGl creator.

Oh, Henry just got back to me! Heres his message:

Freetype changed some of their symbols and I haven't had a chance to release an update. The fix is as follows...

bool FTFace::Attach( const unsigned char *pBufferBytes, size_t bufferSizeInBytes) { FT_Open_Args open;

 open.flags = FT_OPEN_MEMORY; // <<<<< This bit
 open.memory_base = (FT_Byte *)pBufferBytes;
 open.memory_size = bufferSizeInBytes;

 err = FT_Attach_Stream( *ftFace, &open);
 return !err;

}

So that builds now...With the exception if not finding and installing FTLayout.h...

Heres my GEM load error /usr/local/src/Gem/src/Gnu/Gem.pd_linux: /usr/local/src/Gem/src/Gnu/Gem.pd_linux: undefined symbol: _ZN8GLTTFont12setPrecisionEd

I have the latest gltt (2.5.2 installed via rpm, I have FC2t1, could there be a problem if the rpms are built for RH9? I dont know that much about Distro differences)

Thanks for the contiued help! -thewade

PS: thanks Ian for the suguestion about two libglut's. If I gut this able to load, and it still hangs, than that is what Ill try! The Gl that comes with X is proabably better then the one I built anyway...