Bug 157954 – app-editors/gedit-2.16.2 fails to build without an X11 connection

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

[Description Tom Fredrik Blenning Klaussen 2006-12-12 12:20:32 UTC]

When running emerge world within a screen, gedit fails to build, with the following output:

i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -o gedit-scan .libs/gedit-scan.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread  ../../gedit/.libs/libgedit.a -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto -ljpeg /usr/lib/libesd.so /usr/lib/libasound.so -laudiofile /usr/lib/libORBitCosNaming-2.so /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so /usr/lib/libexpat.so /usr/lib/libdirectfb.so /usr/lib/libfusion.so /usr/lib/libdirect.so /usr/lib/libpng12.so /usr/lib/libXrender.so /usr/lib/libX11.so /usr/lib/libXau.so /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so -lnsl /usr/lib/libgnutls.so /usr/lib/libtasn1.so -lgcrypt -lgpg-error -lresolv -L/usr/lib/python2.4/config /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so /usr/lib/libSM.so /usr/lib/libICE.so /usr/lib/libbonoboui-2.so /usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so /usr/lib/libpopt.so /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so /usr/lib/libbonobo-activation.so /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so /usr/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so /usr/lib/libxml2.so -lz -lart_lgpl_2 /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so /usr/lib/libcairo.so /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so -lm /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so ../../bindings/python/.libs/gedit.a -lpython2.4 -lpthread -ldl -lutil /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so -lrt /usr/lib/libattr.so
gtk-doc: Running scanner gedit-scan
The application 'gedit' lost its connection to the display localhost:10.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
Scan failed:
make[3]: *** [scan-build.stamp] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gedit-2.16.2/work/gedit-2.16.2/docs/reference'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gedit-2.16.2/work/gedit-2.16.2/docs'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gedit-2.16.2/work/gedit-2.16.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: app-editors/gedit-2.16.2 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1546:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 937:   Called src_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 1255:   Called gnome2_src_compile
  gnome2.eclass, line 68:   Called die

!!! compile failure
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.

[Comment 1 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2007-07-07 13:42:24 UTC]

could you try unsetting DISPLAY and/or XAUTHORITY.

could you also attach your emerge --info

[Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2007-08-02 19:39:30 UTC]

get back to us