i updated from xfree-4.3.99.13 to xfree-4.3.99.14 and entrance won't start anymore. also recompiling all dependencies won't help. i got following message in my logs: Oct 19 08:38:32 [entranced] Starting X server. Oct 19 08:38:41 [entranced] Starting Entrance. Oct 19 08:38:42 [entranced] The session has ended normally. Oct 19 08:38:47 [entranced] Attempting to restart X server. Oct 19 08:38:56 [entranced] Successfully restarted the X server. Oct 19 08:38:56 [entranced] Starting Entrance. i only got a black screen Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. execute entranced 2. 3. Actual Results: screen switching back to vt1 after some blanking Expected Results: starting entrance Portage 2.0.49-r13 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.1, glibc-2.3.2-r6, 2.4.20wolk-sources-4. 10_pre7-r0) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20wolk-sources-4.10_pre7-r0 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -mmmx -m3dnow" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /us r/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -funroll-loo ps -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -mmmx -m3dnow" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs fixpackages distcc digest" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.li nux.no/ http://www.fhh.opensource-mirror.de/gentoo.org/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-boch um.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo ht tp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.inode.at/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib directfb alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline aalib svga tcltk X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python esd im lib oggvorbis gtk opengl 3dnow acpi cjk dvd fbcon firebird flash gtk2 gtkhtml ipv6 ji kes mmx tiff wxwindows xinerama xml -arts -cups -kde -gnome -qt"
they've re-done the spawner code in the last week or so ... could you try updating to 20031020 and see if it still doesnt work ?
i updated but the same happenes.
ok, they fixed it in cvs ... i'll have updated ebuilds in portage tomorrow
20031025 fixes this, please update to that version