I'm following the modular x howto ( http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml ), but I'm stuck here: "emerge $(<~/usr-x11r6-packages)". This command results in the following: localhost / # emerge $(<~/usr-x11r6-packages) -su: /root/usr-x11r6-packages: No such file or directory The previous steps in the howto went well. Here is my "emerge --info": localhost / # emerge --info Portage 2.1_pre10-r5 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distcc distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/xgl-coffee" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdr cli crypt ctype cups dba dri eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd ethereal exif expat fam fastbuild foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd gdbm gif glitz glut gmp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile idn imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kernel_linux lcms libg++ libwww mad mailwrapper memlimit mikmod mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nvidia nvidia% ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png posix pppd python qt quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session simplexml slang soap sockets spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev userland_GNU vorbis x86 xml xml2 xmms xorg xsl xv zlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse video_cards_nvidia% video_cards_nv video_cards_vesa video_cards_radeon video_cards_fbdev" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Were you root when you ran this command? # if [[ ! -L /usr/X11R6 ]]; \ then equery belongs /usr/X11R6 > ~/usr-x11r6-packages \ && rm -rf /usr/X11R6; fi Does usr-x11r6-packages exist in whatever home directory belongs to the user you were when you ran it? If not, then /usr/X11R6 was probably a symlink already and so the file doesn't exist.
(In reply to comment #1) > Were you root when you ran this command? > > # if [[ ! -L /usr/X11R6 ]]; \ > then equery belongs /usr/X11R6 > ~/usr-x11r6-packages \ > && rm -rf /usr/X11R6; fi > > Does usr-x11r6-packages exist in whatever home directory belongs to the user > you were when you ran it? > > If not, then /usr/X11R6 was probably a symlink already and so the file doesn't > exist. > Yes I was root (from the start of the howto on).. The usr-x11r6-packages don't exist in any home directory. (I even did a full search, but it seems the packages don't exist on my pc...)
That's actually a good thing. But I should add a note about why it might not show up.
(In reply to comment #3) > That's actually a good thing. But I should add a note about why it might not > show up. > That would be really nice since I'm kinda stuck now and ran out of ideas... If you need additional info, feel free to ask.
Um, you aren't stuck at all, at least not on anything having to do with this. Just forget about running that command and move on with life.
Should be fixed on web nodes in an hour or so.
