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Old 12-27-2004, 05:45 PM   #1
gauntalus
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Xscreensaver errors


Whenever I start up xorg, I get an error when xscreensaver tries to load:

Code:
There was an error starting up the screensaver:

Failed to execute child process "xscreensaver" (No such file or directory)

Screensaver functionality will not work in this session.
I tried re-emerging xscreensaver, but I get the following error when I try and do that:

Code:
!!! ERROR: x11-misc/xscreensaver-4.16 failed.
!!! Function econf, Line 449, Exitcode 77
!!! econf failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
So... I looked for the topmost build error, and from what I can see it is this:

Code:
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See 'config.log' for more details.
If someone can tell me where config.log is, I can get more information, but this is all I have @ current. Any ideas? I haven't had much luck with anything on this forum lately...
 
Old 12-27-2004, 06:20 PM   #2
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Find it yourself!! ; )

The easiest way to do that is with the following line in a terminal

'find / -name config.log 2>/dev/null'

'find' is command you run
'/' tells find to start its search from root
'-name config.log' tells find to look for a file called config.log
and 2>/dev/null redirects all the errors to /dev/null
 
Old 01-31-2005, 05:27 PM   #3
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Nice reply.

Ok, so if no path is specified, it is usually in the current directory. Check for config.log in the directory you ran ./configure in.
 
  


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