gnome wont start: libesd.so.0

i just installed gentoo, and did an "emerge gnome".
X itself works fine (with twm), but trying to start gnome fails.
it dumps me back in bash, with:
/usr/libexec/gnome_segv: error while loading shared libraries:=20
libesd.so.0: cannot open shared object file: Error 23

thing is, i have esound installed, the libraries are in /usr/lib, which=20
i also put in /etc/ld.so.conf, ive run ldconfig,
and there is indeed a link from libesd.so.0 to the actual file.

does this have something to do with the fact that i dont want or need=20
sound, thus it isnt configured, and as a matter of fact i dont even=20
have a sound card?
if so, how can i get gnome to not bother with esound?