There seems to be some syntax-changes $ emerge mplayer ... cc -c -I../libvo -I../../libvo -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -fno-stack-protector -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I. -I.. -I../osdep -I/usr/include/freetype2 -DMPG12PLAY -o vo_dga.o vo_dga.c In file included from vo_dga.c:22: x11_common.h:75: error: syntax error before "vo_window" x11_common.h:75: warning: data definition has no type or storage class x11_common.h:76: error: syntax error before "vo_gc" x11_common.h:76: warning: data definition has no type or storage class x11_common.h:77: error: syntax error before "vo_hint" x11_common.h:77: warning: data definition has no type or storage class x11_common.h:89: error: syntax error before '*' token x11_common.h:90: error: syntax error before '*' token x11_common.h:101: error: syntax error before '*' token vo_dga.c: In function `check_events': vo_dga.c:321: error: `mDisplay' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c:321: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once vo_dga.c:321: error: for each function it appears in.) vo_dga.c: In function `flip_page': vo_dga.c:344: error: `mDisplay' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c:344: error: `mScreen' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c: In function `uninit': vo_dga.c:392: error: `mDisplay' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c:395: error: `mScreen' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c: In function `config': vo_dga.c:766: error: `mDisplay' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c:766: error: `mScreen' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c: In function `preinit': vo_dga.c:897: error: `mDisplay' undeclared (first use in this function) vo_dga.c:897: error: `mScreen' undeclared (first use in this function) make[1]: *** [vo_dga.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r4/work/MPlayer-1.0pre5/libvo' make: *** [libvo/libvo.a] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 381, Exitcode 2 !!! Failed to build MPlayer! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. $ emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20041021-r0, 2.6.9-mabuse i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-mabuse i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.4 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector -mmmx -msse -m3dnow" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector -mmmx -msse -m3dnow" DISTDIR="/mnt/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache digest distlocks keeptemp keepwork sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/mnt/portage/overlay-portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X aalib acl acpi alsa avi bitmap-fonts bonobo caca cdr crypt dri dvd encode esd ethereal evo flac font-server glx gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib2 ipv6 javascript jpeg ldap mad maildir mikmod mmap mmx mng mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mpeg mpeg4 ncurses nls no_wxgtk1 nogcj nptl oggvorbis opengl openssh pam pic png python samba spell sse ssl svg threads tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb videos wxwindows xface xfs xml xml2 xprint xrandr xv"
Can't reproduce this. Might want to try an emerge-sync and xorg-x11 recompile to see if a patch or update addressed this issue.