After starting firestarter 1.0.1 (ebuild taken from http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76450) an error apeared: "Failed open the system log, No event information will be available". The same error is produced in 1.0.0 version. My system log (metalog) seams to work corectly... No problem with other firestarter functions/features. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.start firestarter 1.0.1 2. 3. emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 26 2004, 17:22:13)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -m3dnow" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -pipe -m3dnow" DISTDIR="/mnt/1st/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.pl/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X Xaw3d acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups dba dga directfb encode evo fam fbcon flac flash foomaticdb fortran gd gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib java jikes jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mule ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang speex spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb wxwindows x86 xface xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xv zlib linguas_pl"
firestarter 1.0.1 isn't in portage and isn't supported.