If you compile and install the latest syslog-ng under Solaris 7 it dies upon starting as it needs to be linked with -lthread to work. Sorry, didn't save the error message, but sticking -lthread in the Makefile fixed the problem. -- ___ . . . . . + . . o _|___|_ + . + . + . . Per Olofsson, konstnär o-o . . . o + MagerValp@cling.gu.se - + + . http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/