The kernel configurator will not work, giving the message: The kernel configuration could not be read due to the following error: /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/config.in, line 55: # ^parse error Either your kernel sources contain invalid configuration rules or you just found a bug in the KDE Kernel Configurator. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge the latest stable kernel, compile, and install it with genkernel. 2. Emerge and set up KDE. 3. Use the KDE Kernel Configurator in KDE's Control Panel. Actual Results: The error message already given appears. Expected Results: The kernel configurator should work. Since genkernel gave no apparent issues while compiling, I would assume the kernel sources are okay.
*** Bug 41776 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
For me with KDE 3.3 and Kernel 2.6.8 it prints the following message: "The kernel configuration could not be read due to the following errors: cannot open /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/config.in for reading Linux kernel versions 2.5 and above are not yet supported. Either your kernel sources contain invalid configuration rules or you just found a bug in the KDE Kernel Configurator." I think your problem may already be reported upstream at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52059 or http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64372 Gentoo cannot do anything about that, you'll have to ask the KDE-Developers to fix this.