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> From: brian.auld@adic.com
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 07:06:05 -0700
> 
> 1) built id-utils
> 2) moved id-utils.el to ~/.emacs-lisp directory
> 3) added the following lines to .emacs file to automatically
>    load id-utils.el on startup:
> 
> (setq load-path (append load-path (list ~/.emacs-lisp")))
> 
> (autoload 'gid "id-utils" "Interface to ID Utils" t)

This is all correct.

> 4) Built ID database (from kernel source root dir):
>    find . -name "*.[chyCHY]" | xargs mkid

This is not what I do.  Simply type this:

     mkid .

If you only want C and C++ files, use the --exclude, --include and
--languages switches to control mkid.

> When I try and run 'M-x gid' on a symbol. I know I had it working at one time, but now it's belly up.

What exactly fails?  What error messages?