When you first emerge xfce-base, it will get startup-notification lib as a dependence. But there is no startup notification in XFce unless one reinstalls xfce-base/xfwm4. It's that xfce-base/xfwm4 depends on startup-notification lib at compile-time, but that library seems to be installed *after* xfce-base/xfwm4. To fix the problem, one can re-emerge xfwm4, so that it will be built *with* startup-notification support. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Uninstall libstartup-notification (# emerge -C libstartup-notification) 2. Install XFce if it wasn't already installed (# emerge xfce-base) Actual Results: Startup notification doesn't work. Expected Results: Startup notification should work. Kernel 2.6.0-test11-r1 and r2 Athlon XP 2200+ on Asus A7V8X, 256MB RAM, HD 40GB Bug appears on every use-flags set and every machine System tested up-to-date XFce 4.0.1 (xfwm4 4.0.1), startup-notification 0.5 The solution seems to be installing libstartup-notification before installing xfwm4. Topics about the problem: In XFce's official users forum: http://xfce.lindesign.se/db/viewtopic.php?t=263 In Gentoo's official forum: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=115112
I added startup-notification as a dep for xfwm4, so this should now be resolved. Thanks :)
