<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <br>Finally found the problem -  gettextlib internally implements a subset of glib functions. Since I used -lgettextlib when configuring, a few of the g_ functions is linking with gettextlib and not glib.<br><br>best,<br>Nigel<br><br /><hr />What can you do with the new Windows Live? <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx' target='_new'>Find out</a></body> </html>