emerge -pv --tree kdebase-startkde These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [blocks B ] x11-libs/libXft (is blocking x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6) [ebuild R ] kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.1 USE="arts* kdeenablefinal -debug -kdexdeltas -xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/x11-6.8 0 kB [ebuild UD] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 [7.0-r1] USE="bitmap-fonts% ipv6% mmx% nls% opengl% pam% sdk% sse% truetype-fonts% type1-fonts% xv% -3dfx -3dnow% -cjk% -debug% -dlloader% -dmx% -doc% -font-server% -insecure-drivers% -minimal% -nocxx% -static% -xprint%" 0 kB emerge --info Portage 2.1_pre6-r6 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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="-Os -pipe -march=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe -march=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en ru" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apache2 arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli crypt ctype cups dba dbus dri eds emboss encode esd expat fastbuild foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib ipv6 irda ithreads jpeg kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww logitech-mouse mad memlimit mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pam pcmcia pcre pdflib perl png posix python qt quicktime readline sdk sdl session simplexml soap sockets spell spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis wifi xine xml xsl xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux linguas_en linguas_ru userland_GNU video_cards_ati video_cards_vesa video_cards_fglrx" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGSemerge --info Portage 2.1_pre6-r6 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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="-Os -pipe -march=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe -march=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en ru" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apache2 arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli crypt ctype cups dba dbus dri eds emboss encode esd expat fastbuild foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib ipv6 irda ithreads jpeg kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww logitech-mouse mad memlimit mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pam pcmcia pcre pdflib perl png posix python qt quicktime readline sdk sdl session simplexml soap sockets spell spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis wifi xine xml xsl xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux linguas_en linguas_ru userland_GNU video_cards_ati video_cards_vesa video_cards_fglrx" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
When did you "emerge sync" last time? kdebase-startkde has been modularized.
No, it doesn't - just read the ebuild. Reopen once you've found what really pulls in x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 (package.mask it is probably a good way to find).
I synced it last night.
As said, NOT kdebase-startkde. Do what I requested in my first comment.
true, my fault. I didn't unmask all x* packages. Here is the part of ebuild kdebase-start 3.5.1: RDEPEND="$RDEPEND || ( ( x11-apps/xmessage x11-apps/xsetroot x11-apps/xset x11-apps/xrandr x11-apps/mkfontdir ) virtual/x11 ) 3 first packages was masked and this is why the ebuild was pulling virtual/x11 Once I unmasked them the problem has gone.