My use flags: USE="xv slang readline gpm berkdb gdbm tcpd pam libwww ssl nls mitshm perl python gif imlib sdl oggvorbis gtk X qt kde motif opengl mozilla avi" The error: checking for SDL - version >= 1.1.3... no *** Could not run SDL test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed *** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you *** may want to edit the sdl-config script: /usr/bin/sdl-config configure: error: *** SDL >= 1.1.3 not installed - please install first and rebuild avifile *** !!! ERROR: The ebuild did not complete successfully. !!! Function src_compile, Line 42, Exitcode 1 !!! (no error message) !!! emerge aborting on /usr/portage/media-sound/xmms/xmms-1.2.7-r3.ebuild .
remerging avifile and then emerging xmms fixed this.