Jason, I think I jumped to conclusions regarding the fPIC issue. If you are running linux kernel < 2.4.7pre-8 you might have encountered a bug in the kernel. see the kernel changelog at: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.7pre-8 "various: workaround for cpuid inline asm problem with egcs-2.91.66" regards Petter Wahlman