Gaim fails to load pixmaps/plugins when installed via Portage, segfaulting promptly after loading with half the icons missing. This happened after i attemped to install v0.67 and now i get the same results with versions 0.66, 0. 67 and 0.68 (v0.66 was working correctly before this). The problem happens with any user (even root), and reducing the compiling options and/or USE flags seems not to help in any way. The rest of the system works correctly. I have noticed though that Gaim *does* load correctly as a regular user if i'm emerging it as root at the same time, which seems to indicate it's trying to load pixmaps/plugins from the temporary build directory instead of /usr/share/.. . I have checked this several times too.
Just for consistency's sake can you post your 'emerge info' output here.
Sorry - here it is: root@Shoshone lys # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse,387 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse,387 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mpeg nls pdflib quicktime spell xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts aalib svga ggi tcltk guile sdl gpm tcpd pam perl imlib gnome kde alsa 3dfx 3dnow cups directfb esd gtk gtk2 java mmx motif ncurses oggvorbis opengl png python qt samba sse ssl truetype usb voodoo3 X"
Well, needless to say, this isn't happening for me on 3 different installs. Do you see any error message when launching from the console? Also look in your ~/.gaimrc file and find the line containing "smiley_theme" and see what dir it is pointing to.
I have no /.gaim or .gaimrc right now, i erased both hoping it would help things... The console output: lys@Shoshone lys $ gaim ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap about_menu.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap accounts.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap change-bgcolor-small.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap gaim_auth.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap gaim_cool.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap gaim_error.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap gaim_info.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap gaim_question.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap gaim_warning.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap change-fgcolor-small.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap edit.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap away.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap msgpend.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap connect.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap offline.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap online.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap msgunread.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap send-im.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap insert-image-small.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap insert-link-small.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap logo.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap pause.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap send-im.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap insert-smiley-small.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap text_bigger.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap text_normal.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap text_smaller.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap typed.png ** (gaim:10513): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap typing.png Gaim then loads, but doesn't stay alive for much (check http://pics.apartment808.com/users/Lysander/gaim_broken.jpg ).
Just made it work (after about 12,000 tries)... rebuilt XFree (just for the sake of it) and now every version works peachy. I still have no idea what does it has to do with the whole issue though.
means xfree didn't have a linking against the right libraries for pixmaps... strange... wrong dep in xfree maybe? *shrug* closing bug
