I imagine that if I tried to install the modular kde ebuilds, as opposed to emerging monolithic kde, I might be able to work round this problem, but I would have to unmerge kde before I started wouldn't I? That would put me at risk of being without a desktop manager for quite a while if something went wrong, wouldn't it?
I have no idea (not a big KDE user), but really, for the last part there is a simple answer: emerge a "little" WM like icewm, fluxbox, blackbox, openbox, waimea, rox, fvwm or whatever (even XFCE might count) before unmerging KDE (if you do so).
Afaik, you should not really emerge KDE with KDE running anyway (KDE is a bit sensitive, but in this respect, so can GNOME be), and secondly, having a "backup" WM/DE is always a good idea-- if KDE breaks (due to the emerge or any other reason), you have a fallback position somewhat more useable than TWM.
I mean, really, there's a good dozen or more WMs available in Gentoo; being "at risk of being without a desktop manager for quite a while" is practically impossible (and certainly unnecessary).
Holly
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