I don't know how such a CRITICAL PACKAGE escaped notice for so long, but no longer! Steps to get working: 1) copy /usr/portage/x11-plugins/bfm into your portage overlay 2) Add ~amd64 keyword to copy of bfm-0.6.4.ebuild 3) In same directory, "ebuild bfm-0.6.4.ebuild digest" 4) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge --ask x11-plugins/bfm 5) bubblefishmon 6) Look everybody! Goldfish! Goldfish!
lol - Fixed in CVS - thanks for the amusing report :)