Re: [gentoo-user] kdeprefix is broken?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Samstag 31 Januar 2009, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I emerged KDE-4.2 (RC first, final now) and Phonon wasn't getting any
> backend. No video, no sound.

I have 4.2+kdeprefix and systemsettings show me the xine settings.

eix phonon
[I] kde-base/phonon-kde
     Available versions:
        (4.2)   (~)4.2.0
        (0)     [M]**9999[2]
        {debug kdeprefix}
     Installed versions:  4.2.0(4.2)[2](22:24:28 27.01.2009)(kdeprefix -debug)
     Homepage:            http://phonon.kde.org
     Description:         Phonon KDE Integration

* kde-base/phonon-xine
     Available versions:  (4.1)  (~)4.1.4
        {debug kdeprefix xcb}
     Homepage:            http://www.kde.org/
     Description:         KDE Phonon Xine backend

[I] media-sound/phonon
     Available versions:  (~)4.2.0!t (~)4.3.0 [M]**9999[2] {debug gstreamer 
xcb xine}
     Installed versions:  4.3.0[2](20:47:54 27.01.2009)(xcb xine -debug -
gstreamer)
     Homepage:            http://phonon.kde.org
     Description:         KDE multimedia API

* x11-libs/qt-phonon
     Available versions:  (4)  4.4.2 (**)4.4.9999[1] (~)4.5.0_beta1[1] 
**4.9999[1]
        {dbus debug pch}
     Homepage:            http://www.trolltech.com/
     Description:         The Phonon module for the Qt toolkit.

[1] "qting-edge" /usr/local/portage/layman/qting-edge
[2] "kde" /usr/local/portage/layman/kde-testing

Found 4 matches.


> So the question is: is kdeprefix a deprecated/not
> recommended/broken/unsupported feature?

doesn't look like that.

> I never needed more than one KDE version at the same time, but I like
> to have it separate from the rest of the system.

me too.