http://dev.gentooexperimental.org/~jakub/pics/kde4-wtf.jpg
Well, still exact same issue with 4.0.2 under XFCE and Fluxbox, this is extremely annoying. The below is stuff that I have installed here: kde-base/kde-menu-icons-4.0.2 kde-base/kdeartwork-iconthemes-4.0.2 kde-base/kdeartwork-styles-4.0.2 kde-base/kdebase-data-4.0.2 kde-base/kdelibs-4.0.2 kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.0.2 kde-base/kdnssd-4.0.2 kde-base/kget-4.0.2 kde-base/kstyles-4.0.2 kde-base/libkworkspace-4.0.2 kde-base/libplasma-4.0.2 kde-base/libtaskmanager-4.0.2 kde-base/plasma-4.0.2 kde-base/qimageblitz-0.0.4
Same problem here kde-base/kate-4.0.2 kde-base/kde-menu-icons-4.0.2 kde-base/kdeartwork-iconthemes-4.0.2 kde-base/kdebase-data-4.0.2 kde-base/kdebase-kioslaves-4.0.2 kde-base/kdelibs-4.0.2 kde-base/kdepasswd-4.0.2 kde-base/kdepimlibs-4.0.2 kde-base/kdesu-4.0.2 kde-base/kdialog-4.0.2 kde-base/kdm-4.0.2 kde-base/kfind-4.0.2 kde-base/konqueror-4.0.2 kde-base/konsole-4.0.2 kde-base/libkonq-4.0.2 kde-base/libkworkspace-4.0.2 kde-base/libplasma-4.0.2 kde-base/libtaskmanager-4.0.2 kde-base/plasma-4.0.2 kde-base/qimageblitz-0.0.4 kde-base/systemsettings-4.0.2 Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/dev/2007.1, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.7-r1, 2.6.24.3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24.3 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L7700 @ 1.80GHz Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:00:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.5 dev-lang/python: 2.5.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/4.0/env /usr/kde/4.0/share/config /usr/kde/4.0/shutdown /usr/lib/portage/bin/emake /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/initng/daemon /etc/initng/net /etc/initng/system /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache collision-protect distcc distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF8" MAKEOPTS="-j5 -s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/openrc /usr/portage/local/layman/mozilla /usr/portage/local/layman/kde /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa berkdb bluetooth cli cracklib dri gdbm gif gtk hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility midi mmx mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl pcre perl png pppd python readline reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd tiff truetype unicode x86 xorg xscreensaver xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda_intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="canon" ELIBC="glibc" INITNG_PLUGINS="also bash_launcher chdir chroot conflict cpout critical ctrlaltdel daemon_clean debug_commands envparser find fmon fstat history idleprobe initctl interactive iparser last limit lockfile logfile netdev netprobe ngc4 ngcs nge pause provide reload renice rlparser simple_launcher stcmd stdout suid syncron syslog sysreq unneeded usplash service_file" INPUT_DEVICES="linuxinput mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
I can see icons fine in all the apps i've tested (kate, konqueror, kwrite, systemsettings) as root, but not as my user.
This was one of our issues with wrong permisions in config directory. Fixed in 4.1.2, Closing...