Hi,

I've only been using gentoo since the summer, so please bear with me.  I
recently emerge --sync, and discovered I had more than 100 packages to
update "the world".  I haven't been able to get through the emerge:

at least one of the packages, libusb, fails with this:

jade -t sgml -d ./website.dsl\#html ./manual.sgml
jade: error while loading shared libraries: libosp.so.4: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [html/index.html] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libusb-0.1.11/work/libusb-
0.1.11/doc'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libusb- 0.1.11/work/libusb-
0.1.11'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: dev-libs/libusb-0.1.11 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1546:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 937:   Called src_compile
  libusb-0.1.11.ebuild , line 35:   Called die

!!! emake failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if
relevant.


It seemed that gnome built ok, however, afterward i couldn't get evolution
to start...then, i noticed that i couldn't build evolution:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.6/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
warning: libgailutil.so.17, needed by /usr/lib64/libgtkhtml-3.8.so, not
found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/lib64/libgtkhtml-3.8.so: undefined reference to
`gail_text_util_buffer_setup'
/usr/lib64/libgtkhtml-3.8.so: undefined reference to
`gail_text_util_text_setup'
/usr/lib64/libgtkhtml-3.8.so: undefined reference to `gail_text_util_new'
/usr/lib64/libgtkhtml-3.8.so: undefined reference to
`gail_misc_add_attribute'
/usr/lib64/libgtkhtml- 3.8.so: undefined reference to
`gail_text_util_get_text'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [evolution] Error 1
rm apps_evolution_shell-2.8.schemas.in
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/evolution-
2.8.2.1/work/evolution-2.8.2.1/shell'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
rm GNOME_Evolution_Shell.server.in
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/evolution-
2.8.2.1/work/evolution-2.8.2.1/shell'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/evolution-
2.8.2.1/work/evolution-2.8.2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: mail-client/evolution-2.8.2.1 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh , line 1546:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 937:   Called src_compile
  evolution-2.8.2.1.ebuild, line 189:   Called gnome2_src_compile
  gnome2.eclass, line 71:   Called die

!!! compile failure
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if
relevant.


Thirdly, when I restart gnome, i see that i get an error popup:

There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
correctly.

The last error message was:

Process /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon exited with status 127

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.


I got problems!  Please let me know if I am hitting the right forum or where
I can do better research to run this down.

Thanks,

morris