[dvd::rip] Can't find dependencies

[Nicholas E Andrade <neandrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am attempting to run dvdrip in gentoo (kernel-2.6.12-rc2-love1 w/ nptl), 
but I am running into a problem.  I am using the official ebuild for 
0.52.5 & transcode 0.6.14, however when I start dvdrip (both as a user and 
as root), it can't find any dependencies (including the mandatory).  Under 
preferences, when I specify paths to the programs (like mplayer) it sees 
them fine.  I have just upgraded to 52.5, prior to it I was using 52.3-r1 
and did not have any problems (I was using a different kernel, either 
2.6.10 or 2.6.11).  I have reran source /etc/profile, and I can see all 
the programs (like transcode) when I tab complete them in Bash (and they 
run fine).  Here is a copy of my PATH:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.3-20050110:/usr/i386-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3.5:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.01/jre/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/share/karamba/bin

If it helps, here is my use flags for dvdrip & transcode:
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/dvdrip-0.52.5  +cdr +fping +gnome +mplayer 
+ogg +rar -subtitles +xvid 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/transcode-0.6.14-r2  -3dnow +X +a52 (-altivec) 
+avi -debug +divx4linux -dv +dvdread +encode +fame +gtk +imagemagick +jpeg 
+lzo -mjpeg +mmx +mpeg +network +ogg -pvm +quicktime +sdl +sse +sse2 
+theora +truetype +v4l +vorbis +xml2 +xvid 0 kB