I was trying to install VLC when I got the following error: --------------- /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/X11R6/lib64/libGL.a(glapi.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/X11R6/lib64/libGL.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [lib/libwx_gtk2_gl-2.6.so.0.2.0] Error 1 !!! ERROR: x11-libs/wxGTK-2.6.2-r1 failed. !!! Function configure_build, Line 45, Exitcode 2 !!! emake failed ------------------ emerge --info Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac acpi alsa arts audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr crypt cups curl dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode exif expat fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal idn imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg kde lcms ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad matroska mng mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nsplugins ogg opengl pam pcre pdflib perl plotutils png python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb vcd vorbis xine xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
i guess you forgot to run opengl-update after updating nvidia-kernel or xorg. if running it doesn't fix the issue, feel free to reopen