The filtering of at least -march=K6-2 (which I've tested with) should be removed. After commenting out the replace-line I've also compiled and ran xorg which used to suffer from this same glitch. I'm willing to bet the Gimp works just fine too now. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i586) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="sv_FI.UTF-8" LC_ALL="sv_FI.UTF-8" LINGUAS="sv fi en" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp/" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.1.2/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 16bit 16bittmp 3dfx 3dnow 3dnowext S3TC X aac acpi alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid artworkextra avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cpudetection crypt cups curl dga eds emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk2 hal icq imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jabber java joystick jpeg jpeg2k junit kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas koffice-plugin libg++ libwww logitech-mouse mad mailbox maildir matroska mbox mikmod mmap mmx mng motif mp3 mpeg mplayer msn ncurses nls nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl openssl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline rtc samba scanner sdk sdl slang speex spell ssl tcltk tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode userlocales utf8 voodoo3 vorbis xine xinerama xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv xvid zlib video_cards_3dfx linguas_sv linguas_fi linguas_en userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS
done k6 issues tended to be with older gcc-3.3.x and gcc-3.2.x versions