Jochen,

I thought maybe I had found the key by adding 'CC=gcc' to the configuration for mysql. I configured mysql 4.0-.14 with the following. CFLAGS="-O3 -mpentiumpro" CC=gcc CXX=gcc CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mpentiumpro \ -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" \ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --enable-assembler --with-mysqld-ldfla gs=-all-static Unfortunately, when I did the make test on DBD::mysql it still failed most of the tests. The initial error was slightly different. Here is the beginning of the test result. ===== Make Test =========================== PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/00base...........install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load '/usr/local/src/DBD-mysql-2.9002/blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' for module DBD::mysql: /usr/local/src/DBD-mysql-2.9002/blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so: undefined symbol: net_buffer_length at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 229. at (eval 1) line 3 Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 3. Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected at t/00base.t line 38 t/00base...........dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 4-5 ===== End Make Test snippet =======================

To help get this problem solved I would be happy to give you root access. This is a test machine running on an internal network. I'm connected to the Internet through a MSN dsl modem that does not allow port 80 to pass through. At least I have never been able to get it to work. But, I going to arrange to have this machine hooked up in my office where we have a T1 and then you could look around. I'll let you know when it is ready. Thanks, Thomas