Hi Bo, Tks for your advice.
> Did you set the following USE flags > > USE="gtk gtk2 gnome hal avahi" > > in /etc/make.conf # cat /etc/make.conf ..... USE="gtk gtk2 gnome" I left out "hal avahi" because I have no idea what they are for. Neither I need them. > # emerge --newuse --update --deep --verbose --ask world > > This will recompile anything that has changed USE flags since they > were > installed. Edited /etc/make.conf adding "hal avahi" Then USE="gtk gtk2 gnome hal avahi" # emerge --newuse --update --deep --verbose --ask world It went through without complaint except taking lengthy time to complete. After finish, ran; # startx .... /root/.xinitrc:line 1:exec:gnome-session:not found Still unable to start gnome # emerge --search avahi net-dns/avahi not installed # emerge --search hal ... app-doc/halibut [Masked] .... not installed dev-perl (CPAN-Muis-Phalanx [Masked] .... not installed games-misc/fortune-mod-simpsons-chalkboard .... not installed games-server/halflife-steam [Masked] .... not installed sys-apps/hal .... not installed Do I need all of them to start gnome? Continued on Code Listing 2.7: Adding hald and avahi-dnsconfd to the default runlevel ( http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gnome-config.xml ) # ls /etc/init.d/ | grep hald No printout Can't proceed further # emerge gnome-volume-manager ... .... * Please re-emerge X11-libs/cairo with the X USE flag set ERROR: x11-libs/gtk+-2.8.19 failed Call stack ebuild.sh, line 1555: Called dyn-setup gtk+-2.8.19 ebuild, line 57 called pkg-setp die Cairo needs the X flag set Please advise how to fix the problem. TIA Others noted with tks. B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
