LinuxQuestions.org - wish "ABORTED" tcl/tk 8.4 gentoo 1.4

i am running gentoo 1.4 with a 2.4 kernel on gnome 2.4 (not that it makes any difference)

i have recently been trying to get GDESKLETS to work, emerging various things, PyOpenGL pygtk gnome-python etc

however that isnt the problem

when i emerge PyOpenGL i recieved an error about tcl being a different version to libtcl, so, i emerged a new version of both, this is when the problems started.

i use amsn, as my IM client, as many of you would know, amsn is tcl/tk based and uses the wish program as a window handler

when i goto run amsn (or any other tcl/tk program) i recieve the console message "ABORTED"

then are returned to a prompt

here is teh core dump of wish:

Code:

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/wish'



(no debugging symbols found)...Core was generated by `wish /usr/bin/amsn'.

Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.

(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...

(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...

(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...

(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...

#0  0x402f9e21 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6

#0  0x402f9e21 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6

#1  0x4018452d in pthread_kill () from /lib/libpthread.so.0

#2  0x4018484b in raise () from /lib/libpthread.so.0

#3  0x402f9bd4 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6

#4  0x402fb13b in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6

#5  0x40045aa2 in Tk_MainEx () from /usr/lib/libtk8.3.so

#6  0x0804887c in main ()

#7  0x402e67a7 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6



Thread 1 (process 26523):

#0  0x402f9e21 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6

No symbol table info available.

#1  0x4018452d in pthread_kill () from /lib/libpthread.so.0

No symbol table info available.

#2  0x4018484b in raise () from /lib/libpthread.so.0

No symbol table info available.

#3  0x402f9bd4 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6

No symbol table info available.

#4  0x402fb13b in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6

No symbol table info available.

#5  0x40045aa2 in Tk_MainEx () from /usr/lib/libtk8.3.so

No symbol table info available.

#6  0x0804887c in main ()

No symbol table info available.

#7  0x402e67a7 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6

No symbol table info available.

i have reverted to teh old version of tcl/tk that i was using, still no luck, i have tried uninstalling and then reinstalling every version that i can find, still no luck, hence i do not believe it to be a problem with the software

i have been unable to find any help on the net, and unable ot find decent faq or manuals on wish, hence i have turned to linuxquestions, in the hope that my problems will be solved

it is fairly urgent that i get wish reworking again, as p2p communication and large conference groups serve a large part of my daily schedule, mainly working on projects, both hobbyist and otherwise, i am using gaim as a replacement atm, however, amsn i so much nicer than gaim

thanks in advance
Daem0hn