Apache with php + Oracle (yet again!)

I am having the previously seen problem whereby apache will not start and leaves no messages when I configure php "--with-oci8". I have tried a number of suggestions previously seen in this newsgroup without success. This includes setting "LD_PRELOAD" in startup script, adding "-lpthread" in apache LDFLAGS, configure php "--with-gnu-ld", and combinations thereof. Obviously I haven't struck the right one. System details: Compaq (Digital) alpha 2100 Tru64 Unix 5.0A Oracle 8.1.6 Apache 1.3.12 config: --enable-module=rewrite \ --enable-module=so \ --enable-module=proxy \ --enable-shared=rewrite \ --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a \ --with-perl=/bin/perl php 4.0.4pl1 config: --with-apxs=/usr/local/www2/bin/apxs \ --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \ --with-ldap=/usr/local \ --with-oci8 \ --with-gnu-ld \ --without-gd I would very much appreciate assistance from anyone out there that has successfully included Oracle support in php. Tanx muchly. Marchelm Bomers