gaim is linking with both old and new versions of dbus $ ldd /usr/bin/gaim|grep dbus libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0xb75df000) libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb75ab000) libdbus-1.so.2 => not found This is preventing me from starting gaim $ gaim gaim: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2-r4 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-suspend2-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-suspend2-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:31:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -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/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" 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/overlays/portage /usr/local/overlays/zugaina /usr/local/overlays/bmg-main /usr/portage/local/layman/gentopia /usr/local/portage/sabayon" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="7zip X Xaw3d a52 aac aalib acpi aim alsa arts audiofile automount bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth browserplugin bzip2 cairo cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dio dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emacs emboss encode esd ethereal fam fame ffmpeg firefox flac fortran ftp gdbm gif gnome gpm graphviz gs gstreamer gtk hal iconv imagemagick imap ipv6 isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k kde kerberos krb4 lcms ldap libg++ lzo mad matroska matrox mikmod mime mjpeg mmx mng mouse mp3 mp4live mpeg mpeg4 ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplug offensive ogg opengl oscar oss pam pcmcia pcre perl plotutils png posix ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quickime quicktime readline reflection sdl session sharedmemslang sockets spell spl sse ssl stroke svg tcpd theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb vorbis wifi win32codecs wmf x86 xine xml xorg xosd xpm xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx vesa" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Kindly read the fine upgrading instructions... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 163284 ***
