From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ENLqh-0000bu-8J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:51:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j962fqba015396; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 02:41:52 GMT Received: from alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (alumni.cse.ucsc.edu [128.114.63.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j962cBaG025565 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 02:38:12 GMT Received: from alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (localhost.cse.ucsc.edu [127.0.0.1]) by alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j962kXbc087352 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:46:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smiths@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (8.13.1/8.12.10/Submit) id j962kXOZ087349 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:46:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smiths) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:46:54 -0700 From: Wes Gray To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] help Message-ID: <20051006024654.GA17361@beavis> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on alumni.cse.ucsc.edu X-Archives-Salt: 1642d065-d478-48c3-9d97-7f4f9ea90907 X-Archives-Hash: 1cf867203729b376809ee61458c7bc85 My 3-year old gentoo system has decided to be a big headache. My troubles started when I upgraded to kde 3.4. The kde taskbar apps wouldn't start. I tried unmerging kde-base and emerging kdebase-meta to see if it was related to the kde split, but that didn't help. I got the idea that the problem was some old kde packages, so I tried unmerging everything on my system which was kde related, including some old packages which are no longer in portage, then I reemerged everything. THis was a big mistake as afterwards kde was even more broken, and kde apps like k3b now don't even work. I've given up on kde and moved to enlightenment, but it will be really hard to deal without any kde apps. Lots of people have given me advice, but everything I try just seems to make things worse. It seems like there is something about old versions of kde that won't go away, which I don't understand at all. It seems like if you reemerge something it should move to the newest versions. I really could use some help because I have no idea what to do next. -Wes -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list