emerge gnome xscreensaver problem, USE X flag set

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DreamHawk · Post by **DreamHawk** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:59 pm

I get this error when i'm trying to emerge gnome xscreensaver.
cairo needs the X flag set.

What am i supposed to do? Plz answer quickly!

bdm · Post by **bdm** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:05 pm

Do you have the `X` USE flag?

DreamHawk · Post by **DreamHawk** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:07 pm

bdm wrote:Do you have the `X` USE flag?

I do not know, i am so a newbie. I have been trying to install New ubuntu edgy eft, but the live cd is so slow that i cant get it installed. So now i'm trying gentoo.

So, actually, i don't know if i have the X flag, where can i know if i have it or not?

nixnut · Post by **nixnut** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:06 pm

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Desktop Environments.

CompNerd · Post by **CompNerd** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:14 pm

echo "x11-libs/cairo X glitz pdf png svg" >> /etc/portage/package.use ; emerge --oneshot cairo ; emerge gnome-screensaver

kcy29581 · Post by **kcy29581** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:07 am

This problem has just happened to myself as well, just after a fresh install of Gentoo 2006.1. I have the X flag set (I can verify that with "emerge --info"); I even made sure by setting it myself in /etc/make.conf.

CompNerd, is this a bug? Your response asks a newbie to use --oneshot, as if there's a problem compiling gtk+.

CompNerd · Post by **CompNerd** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:56 pm

No, this is not a bug.

The issue is that cairo can be used as a library for a server. There is no need to build X on a server if you do not use it. When building cairo on a workstation, you should be building cairo with the X useflag. Additionally, you would want support for pdfs, pngs, and svgs on desktops. If the useflags were setup properly before installing, there would be no need to rebuild with --oneshot.