diff -ur wesnoth-1.2.8.OLD/configure.ac wesnoth-1.2.8/configure.ac
--- wesnoth-1.2.8.OLD/configure.ac	2007-11-25 06:37:12.000000000 -0500
+++ wesnoth-1.2.8/configure.ac	2007-11-30 14:21:07.000000000 -0500
@@ -798,23 +798,6 @@
 	LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS $SDL_MIXER_LIBS"
 
 	ac_link="$LDPREFIX $ac_link"
-        AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
-	#include <SDL_mixer.h>
-        #include <stdlib.h>
-
-	int main(int argc, char **argv)
-        {
-	    Mix_Music* music = Mix_LoadMUS("music/main_menu.ogg");
-	    if (music == NULL)
-		exit(1);
-	    exit(0);
-        }
-	])],
-	[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
-	[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
-	[AC_MSG_ERROR([*** SDL_mixer has no OGG support! You need SDL_mixer with OGG support])],
-	[AC_MSG_RESULT([not tested in cross-compiling])])
-
 
         CPPFLAGS=$OLD_CPPFLAGS
 	CFLAGS=$OLD_CFLAGS