Xaos can be compiled on Sparc with no issues after setting /etc/portage/package.keyword. When it is launched it fails. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. echo "<=x11-misc/xaos" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword && emerge xaos on a Sparc box 2. Launch xaos. 3. There is no step 3 Actual Results: $ xaos X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 132 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach) Serial number of failed request: 31 Current serial number in output stream: 32 $ Expected Results: Have it run and view pretty pictures Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-sparc64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040420-r0, 2.6.6) =============================================================== == System uname: 2.6.6 sparc64 sun4u Gentoo Base System version 1.5.1 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="sparc ~sparc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc" CHOST="sparc-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/ config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/ qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia. gov/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2"PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"USE="X arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gtk guile imlib jpeg libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python readline sdl slang sparc spell ssl tcltk tcpd truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Added -sparc keyword, thanks for the report.