/etc/init.d/consolefonts looks for setfont in /bin whereas sys-apps/kbd installs setfont in /usr/bin This causes the 'setfont executable not found error' at boot. This exists in all baselayout versions as far as I can tell, but I am currently using 1.8.6.12-r3 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.50_pre16 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20031222-r0, 2.4.22-gentoo-r5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 distcc 2.11.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache emergemail fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://dark-lord.ihtruelsen.dyndns.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo crypt cups directfb dvd encode esd fbcon flash foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang slp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex truetype usb x86 xface xml2 xmms xv zlib"
What version are you using? -- azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ epm -ql kbd | grep setfont /bin/setfont /usr/share/man/man8/setfont.8.gz /usr/bin/setfont azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ ls -l /bin/setfont /usr/bin/setfont -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36980 Dec 26 16:46 /bin/setfont lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 26 16:46 /usr/bin/setfont -> ../../bin/setfont azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ epm -qG kbd sys-apps/kbd-1.08-r4 azarah@nosferatu gentoo-x86 $ --
* sys-apps/kbd Latest version available: 1.06-r1 Latest version installed: 1.06-r1
Erm, try 1.08-r4 - I marked that stable. Sync problem I guess.
The kbd update solved it. Thanks.