Sylvain Joyeux wrote: >> Whats happening here folk? > What patchlevel of 1.8.6 are you using ? 1.8.6-p0 is completely broken > w.r.t. thread support. 1.8.6 p36 and p110 are better. Craaap! It's patch -p0! How can such a fundamental thing be so catastrophically broken? Are there no test suites? I've been blaming myself for three hours now... Thanks for much for setting me straight... I'll get a new version right away. Clifford Heath.