On Monday 20 March 2006 11:12, Mingfeng Yang wrote: > emerge -uDvp system gave me > > [blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.14-r3) > [ebuild U ] app-shells/bash-3.1_p11 [3.1_p10] USE="nls -afs -bashlogger > -build" 1 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/readline-5.1_p3 [5.1_p2] 1,984 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20060227 [20051223] 38 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/binutils-2.16.1-r2 [2.16.1-r1] USE="nls > -multislot -multitarget -test -vanilla%" 12,297 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/groff-1.19.2-r1 [1.19.2] USE="X" 2,835 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.1_pre6-r4 [2.1_pre6-r2] USE="-build > -doc" 0 kB > ...... > > Then I unmerged pam-login imprudently. Ooops, then I could not login from > console anymore, though login by ssh or gdm is still fine. > So what's the problem here? How to resolve the confliction between > pam-login and shadow? > > Thanks! > > Mingfeng
When we use the Gentoo "Evolution emission Install Guide" for an ~x86 gcc-4.1, etc. advanced install, we unmerge pam-login, then emerge shadow. No problems. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=3193533#3193533 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Step 7.9 - Removing pam-login Code: # emerge -C pam-login # emerge --oneshot shadow --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Crawford -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
