On 14 Oct 2009, at 17:50, Denis wrote:
... While some folks here probably think this attempt foolish, I still think it was worth a try, and I learned some new things, which is always good.
I don't think this attempt foolish - but I guess you're getting desperate.
Having performed `emerge -e world` I would come to the conclusion that the problem is simply Mathematica, with some current libraries. I would probably want to try a fresh install of Gnetoo - on a different box or hard-drive - to prove the point. But I think I would be concluding shortly that it's an upstream bug.
Stroller.