Re: [gentoo-user] Lost KDE

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On 7/4/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
wrote:
>
> On Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2007, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > On 7/3/07, Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote:
> > > 070703 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > > > I have been using KDE for a long long time.
> > > > Suddenly it's not there any more.
> > > > anything else just sends me back to (what I think is) kdm.
> > > >  1183499736:  ::: completed emerge (4 of 12) kde-base/kdebase-pam-7
> to
> > > > /
> > >
> > > That looks the most likely suspect.  It's very recent (see bug
> 183887).
> > > I have version 6 : try restoring that & see what happens
> > > ('emerge =kde-base/kdebase-pam-6').
> > > You should also look in  /etc/pam.d/  for further clues.
> >
> > That did not help, but it reminded me of another fact I forgot to
> mention:
> > The first time I went to log in after rebooting, a dialog box told me
> that
> > my KDE 3.5 startup was old or invalid or something, and would be
> removed.
> > Indeed, kdm is NOT presenting me with an option to start a KDE session.
> > I'm not sure how to enable it.
> >
> > What is still there:
> > /etc/rc.conf still contains the line "XSESSION=kde-3.5"
> > /etc/X11/Sessions no longer contained kde-3.5, but I made another based
> on
> > the leftover kde-3.4; I'm not sure this did anything, as the symptoms
> did
> > not change.
> > ps -axlww shows that I'm running kde 3.5 version of kdm
> >
> > But I can't coax it into starting a KDE session.  My only choices seem
> to
> > be fluxbox and failsafe.
> >
> > My setup does not seem to correspond to the guidance on setting up KDE
> that
> > I found in the Gentoo docs.  But it used to work, and I'm not sure it's
> > safe to try to modify it to agree -- I'm afraid I won't know what to
> undo
> > of the old way.
>
> please check if /etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.5 exists.
>
> If not: remeerge kdebase.


It was missing, but I can't emerge kdebase because there are about 20
packages that are blocking it.  Maybe that's the problem.
Here's what I see when I try:

treat doclinks # emerge -a1 kdebase

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] x11-libs/libXfontcache-1.0.4  USE="-debug"
[ebuild  N    ] x11-apps/xset-1.0.2  USE="-debug"
[ebuild  N    ] kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4  USE="arts cups hal java
kdeenablefinal ldap opengl pam ssl -debug -ieee1394 -kdehiddenvisibility
-lm_sensors -logitech-mouse -openexr -samba -xcomposite -xinerama
-xscreensaver -zeroconf"
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kwin-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/konqueror-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/konsole-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kicker-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4
)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kcontrol-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdm-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdesu-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kappfinder-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-data-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kcheckpass-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kfind-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/libkonq-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/khelpcenter-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/konsole-3.5.5,
kde-base/kscreensaver-3.5.5, kde-base/kappfinder-3.5.5, kde-base/kpager-
3.5.5, kde-base/kdebase-kioslaves-3.5.5-r1, kde-base/kcheckpass-3.5.0,
kde-base/kfind-3.5.5, kde-base/kdepasswd-3.5.5, kde-base/kdebase-data-3.5.5,
kde-base/kdeprint-3.5.5, kde-base/khotkeys-3.5.5, kde-base/drkonqi-3.5.5,
kde-base/kdialog-3.5.5, kde-base/kdesu-3.5.5, kde-base/kcontrol-3.5.5,
kde-base/kwin-3.5.5-r2, kde-base/kdm-3.5.5-r1, kde-base/libkonq-3.5.5,
kde-base/khelpcenter-3.5.5, kde-base/konqueror-3.5.5,
kde-base/kpersonalizer-3.5.5, kde-base/kdesktop-3.5.5-r1, kde-base/kcminit-
3.5.3, kde-base/kicker-3.5.5, kde-base/kate-3.5.5-r1)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kscreensaver-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/drkonqi-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kpager-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4
)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-kioslaves-3.5* (is blocking
kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdeprint-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/khotkeys-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kcminit-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdialog-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kate-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdepasswd-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kpersonalizer-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdesktop-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-
3.5.5-r4)

!!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
installed
!!!        at the same time on the same system.

For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked



-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD