Re: Configure failing with gtk-2.2.0

[Stephane Wirtel <stephane wirtel belgacom net>]

I have a gentoo, and i don't get this message, have you sent an email to
foser or seemant ( developper of gentoo ) ?

bye

On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 04:22, James B. Hiller wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm having what seems to be a recurring but infrequent problem with
> gtk-2.2.0 configuration.  I get:
> 
> [snip]
> checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
> checking for gethostbyname... yes
> checking for connect... yes
> checking for remove... yes
> checking for shmat... yes
> checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... no
> configure: error: *** libX11 not found. Check 'config.log' for more details.
> 
> And config.log shows:
> 
> /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> extern "C"
> #endif
> /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
>    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
> char XOpenDisplay ();
> int
> main ()
> {
> XOpenDisplay ();
>   ;
>   return 0;
> }
> configure:14559: result: no
> configure:14564: error: *** libX11 not found. Check 'config.log' for more detail
> s.
> 
> (Which really isn't a whole lot more in the way of details :-))
> 
> My system is:
> 
> Generic linux box, 2.4.20, but generally Slackware-ish (I use very basic
> items, such as gcc and glibc, from Slackware; almost everything else is
> self-built directly from source packages).
> 
> XFree86 4.2.1 (binary install from xfree86.org)
> gcc 2.95.3
> glibc 2.2.5
> 
> Anything else you need to know about my system and versions, let me know.
> 
> I compile dozens of complex X apps, and haven't run into this before.
> I did all the perfunctory checks - that libX11 is in /usr/X11R6/lib (it is),
> that the X headers are proper and in the right place (they are).  Based
> on one archive item, I reinstalled gcc and glibc from the Slackware distro,
> just in case I had some corrupted headers.  No change.  I also reinstalled
> XFree86 4.2.1, in case in some way I had damaged something there.  Also
> no change.
> 
> Finally, I compiled a simple C program that I believe replicates what's
> going on in the configure script:
> 
> #include <X11/Xlib.h>
> Display* XOpenDisplay ();
> int main ()
> {
>   XOpenDisplay (NULL);
>   ;
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> I compiled this with:
> 
> gcc -I/usr/X11R6/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 try.c -o try
> 
> Compiled just fine (though I had to use 'Display' as the type for
> XOpenDisplay; using 'char' as configure produces:
> 
> try.c:2: conflicting types for `XOpenDisplay'
> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1514: previous declaration of `XOpenDisplay'
> 
> (I presume something has been done in configure that makes char the
> appropriate choice).  Also, note that I had to make the type Display*, and
> I had to pass NULL as an argument, since the function wants a display_name
> as an argument.
> 
> Point is, my headers and libs seem to be getting found here, so I have
> no clue why they'd not be found with use of configure.
> 
> I've been through what I believe to be all the relevant gtk-list archives,
> and found this referenced over the years.  Most of the replies on the
> problem have dealt with things like installing a development package
> (I've got everything up), making sure ld.so.conf is correct (it is),
> and a few other things that I've checked on my box, and found all to be
> as it should be.
> 
> One factoid that might be of interest:  In June, I successfully and without
> any incident compiled gtk+-2.0.5 and friends; I tried that again tonight
> and get exactly the same result (XOpenDisplay fails).  The only significant
> change I can think of that I did in the meantime was going from XFree86
> 3.3.6 to XFree86 4.2.1, and that didn't seem to louse up anything else.
> (Many, many other things of varying complexity have compiled and run just
> fine).
> 
> Any help someone can offer would be a big help, since I've just spent
> 4 hours on this, and it's really killing me; and likewise, I have no
> other good ideas (or even bad ones).
> 
> thx,
> jbh
> 
> 
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