If you are using linux and get this error while compiling the viewer: /usr/bin/ld: error: unsupported symbol binding
(or, for that matter: /usr/bin/gold: error: unsupported symbol binding then you are using ld.gold version 2.20.x. You need to upgrade it to 2.21. If you are using debian then you can get that from "experimental" (but only if you know what you're doing ;) .. don't upgrade your whole system to experimental by accident!), as follows: To /etc/apt/preferences add: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 990 where 'testing' is YOUR CURRENT RELEASE! So, replace it if you are not using testing. This preference is to avoid that you upgrade your whole system: it will prefer 'testing' or whatever you use over the rest. Next, add to /etc/apt/sources.list an entry for experimental: deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free replace ftp.nl.debian.org with your own favourite debian server. Run "apt-get update" to get the info from this new entry. Now you could try apt-cache policy binutils To see that it would NOT upgrade your binutils because of the preferences ;). Next, you can upgrade /usr/bin/gold with: sudo apt-get install -t experimental binutils I only tried this on testing though. If you have an older distribution it might want to upgrade more than just binutils. If that's the case then don't do it. Please note that if you'd install binutils-gold (which is on experimental) then that will remove your nvidia kernel module because that is not compatible with ld.gold. You don't want that ;). However, just upgrading binutils is ok, and then use LDFLAGS="-Wl,-use-gold" as before to cause the viewer compilation to use gold. Aleric PS I used the same /etc/apt preferences and /etc/apt/sources.list to get my nvidia driver from experimental. As root: update-pciids apt-get install module-assistant apt-get install -t experimental nvidia-kernel-source m-a prepare m-a clean nvidia m-a a-i nvidia apt-get install -t experimental nvidia-glx depmod -a modprobe nvidia which gives me 260.19.21which supports my video card, while testing still has the old 195.36.31that does not support it. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges