From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E932B1381FB for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36E8F21C022; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:36:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.227]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 964F3E05B4 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:35:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.59]) by qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id NFaM1k00W1GXsucACGbapP; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:35:34 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([68.43.167.113]) by omta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id NGZY1k00Z2T7hPG8UGZZs7; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:33:33 +0000 Message-ID: <509FD35C.1000100@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:33:32 -0500 From: Chris Walters User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090812 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kde splash screen won't show up when loading kde References: <20121110174910.65bfdb4d@amoxsoft> <509EE347.2000909@gmail.com> <20121111143106.70e088a1@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20121111143106.70e088a1@khamul.example.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 121111-0, 11/11/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: 95940ce4-47c7-4c10-9164-ad8024d4470b X-Archives-Hash: b127a3782243006401f83efa26475a14 On 11/11/2012 07:31 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:29:11 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> John Walters wrote: >>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:58:42 +0100 >>> Pau Peris wrote: >>> >>>> i've just upgraded kde through a custom @set, the same i used over >>>> the last years, but this time although kde-base/ksplash is >>>> installed kde splash screen does not appear anymore while loading >>>> kde. >>>> >>>> Do someone know which single package could i missed? Thx :) >>> Can't really say without looking at your system, but you can try: > short answer: usually, you can't > > longer answer: you can't, because software usually can't detect the > answer. > > revdep-rebuild does a fine job of finding what it was designed to do - > reverse dependencies that are now broken. Quite right. revdep-rebuild has a singular purpose, and does that well enough, but cannot solve all problems 'emerge -e world' will solve all the same problems that revdep-rebuild will, and solve those that it can't. I do it whenever I upgrade something, just to make sure my system is up to date. Chris --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 121111-0, 11/11/2012 Tested on: 11/11/2012 11:33:33 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com