I'll try to follow the directions below but, really, this is pretty self-explanatory AFAIK :-). I'm not sure what pidgin uses xscreensaver for. From the output of configure, it looks like pidgin is missing a useflag... checking for PANGO... yes checking for X11... yes checking for XScreenSaverRegister in -lXext... no checking for XScreenSaverRegister in -lXss... no configure: error: XScreenSaver extension development headers not found. Use --disable-screensaver if you do not need XScreenSaver extension support, this is required for detecting idle time by mouse and keyboard usage. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.2/work/pidgin-2.5.2/config.log * * ERROR: net-im/pidgin-2.5.2 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 3474: Called econf '--enable-consoleui' '--enable-nls' '--enable-perl' '--enable-gtkui' '--enable-startup-notification' '--enable-screensaver' '--enable-sm' '--disable-tcl' '--enable-gtkspell' '--disable-tk' '--enable-debug' '--enable-dbus' '--disable-meanwhile' '--disable-gevolution' '--enable-gstreamer' '--enable-cyrus-sasl' '--disable-doxygen' '--enable-cap' '--disable-nm' '--without-krb4' '--disable-avahi' '--with-dynamic-prpls=irc,jabber,oscar,yahoo,simple,msn,myspace' '--disable-mono' '--x-includes=/usr/include/X11' '--enable-nss=no' '--enable-gnutls=yes' '--with-gnutls-includes=/usr/include/gnutls' '--with-gnutls-libs=/usr/lib' * ebuild.sh, line 543: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * The die message: * econf failed * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.2/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.2/temp/environment'. *
Created attachment 180506 [details] the unnecessary ./configure log
Turns out the log was necessary after all. The dep on x11-libs/libXScrnSaver is already there. If you had read the log, you'd see that your glitz is somehow wrong, recompile it.
(In reply to comment #2) > Turns out the log was necessary after all. The dep on x11-libs/libXScrnSaver is > already there. If you had read the log, you'd see that your glitz is somehow > wrong, recompile it. > OK, I forgot to run ``eselect set 1''. Thank you for pointing that out. However, pidgin's script declares that xscreensaver support is optional; may you please add the ``xscreensaver'' useflag to pidgin's ebuild?
Don't CC maintainers when you cannot assign bugs.
I don't really see why you would not want Xss support, otherwise it does a nasty thing tracking the pointer. It would only be useful you had a craptastic X server that does not have the Xss extension
