Here is the error message: (why is esound still needed by gnomelibs? alsa-dmix provides the functionality now) gcc -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Os -I/usr/include/db1 -Wall -Wunused -o .libs/gnome-dump-metadata gnome-dump.o -L/usr/lib ./.libs/libgnome.so ../support/.libs/libgnomesupport.so /usr/lib/libesd.so -lm /usr/lib/libasound.a /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so -lm -ldb1 /usr/lib/libglib.so -lz -lm gcc -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Os -I/usr/include/db1 -Wall -Wunused -o .libs/gnome-moz-remote gnome-moz-remote.o ./.libs/libgnome.so ../support/.libs/libgnomesupport.so -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libesd.so -lm /usr/lib/libasound.a /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so -lm -ldb1 /usr/lib/libglib.so -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `pthread_create' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `dlclose' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `dlopen' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `dlsym' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `pthread_mutex_trylock' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `pthread_join' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [gnome-dump-metadata] Fehler 1 make[2]: *** Warte auf noch nicht beendete Prozesse... /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `pthread_create' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `pthread_mutex_trylock' /usr/lib/libesd.so: undefined reference to `pthread_join' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [gnome-moz-remote] Fehler 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-libs-1.4.2/work/gnome-libs-1.4.2/libgnome' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-libs-1.4.2/work/gnome-libs-1.4.2' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Fehler 2 !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.2 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 69, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. emerge info: Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.2, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041021-r0, 2.6.10-rc1-mm2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-rc1-mm2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.50GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.5 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] 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-r6 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Os" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/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/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Os" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache confcache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa arts avi bitmap-fonts bootspla cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dga distcache divx4linux dvd dvdread edl f77 fam fbcon foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 hal imlib java javascript jpeg kde libg++ libwww live lzo mikmod mmx mng mozilla mpeg ncurses network nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png qt quicktime readline rtc samba scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd tga tiff truetype usb wxwindows x86 xfs xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib video_cards_radeon"
you might want to search before filing & no alsa-dmix is no drop in replacement, it is more complicated than that. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 66836 ***
