to use the deskbar-applet i need to be able to do "from gtk import VBox" in python http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132671 python with "ucs2" use flag: cd /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk python >>> from gtk import VBox Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk.py", line 22, in ? import _gtk ImportError: ./_gtk.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode python without "ucs2" use flag: cd /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk python >>> from gtk import VBox Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk.py", line 22, in ? import _gtk ImportError: ./_gtk.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_SetDefaultEncoding [ebuild R ] dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r1 USE="X ncurses readline ssl tcltk ucs2 -berkdb -bootstrap -build -doc -gdbm -ipv6 -nocxx" 0 kB [ebuild R ] dev-python/pygtk-2.8.6 USE="opengl -doc" 0 kB [ebuild R ] dev-python/gnome-python-2.12.4 USE="gtkhtml -debug -doc" 0 kB [ebuild R ] dev-python/gnome-python-desktop-2.14.0 USE="X -debug" 0 kB [ebuild R ] dev-python/gnome-python-extras-2.14.0 USE="X -debug -doc -firefox -mozilla" 0 kB ordi1 leszek # emerge --info Portage 2.1_rc2-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4 dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 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-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" 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/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/" LANG="fr_BE@euro" LC_ALL="fr_BE@euro" LINGUAS="fr" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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/portage /usr/local/overlays/xgl-coffee" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa apache2 apm arts asf avi bash-completion bitmap-fonts bonobo browserplugin bzip2 cairo cdr cjk cli crosscompile crypt ctype cups dbus dri dv dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo evolution ffmpeg flac font-server foomaticdb fortran fuse gd gif glitz gnome gnomecanvas gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal imlib isdnlog java joystick jpeg kde lame lcms libg++ libwww live mad mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext mng mono motif mp3 mpeg msn mysql ncurses net network nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ode ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pcre pdf pdflib perl php png pop pppd python qt quicktime readline real reflection samba sdk sdl session simplexml slang soap sockets softmmu spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd theora tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode v4l v4l2 vcd videos vidix vorbis win32codecs wmf xanim xine xml xmlrpc xmms xorg xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib zvbi elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_joystick kernel_linux linguas_fr userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia video_cards_vga video_cards_vesa video_cards_nv" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 130730 ***