hi, i just remembered that someone asked me to send the configure line i use for FMDB ./configure --enable-iMeshP --prefix=$APPS_PATH/FMDB_iMeshP --with-mpich=/usr/lib64/mvapich/default --with-zoltan=$APPS_PATH/Zoltan --with-parmetis=$APPS_PATH/ParMETIS3_1 CC=mpicc cheers martin