Baselayout conflicting packages [Solved]

[DontPanic]

I see this thread is marked as solved, and I've carefully read through it, but I'm not sure which post is the solution. It seems like every solution that's presented is disputed.

I'm still stuck at:

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[blocks B     ] <sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0_rc (is blocking sys-apps/makedev-3.23.1)

Has anybody figured out what is blocking this?

[wolfden]

This is gonna be a big issue for people since it effects so many config files.

you have to unmask
sys-apps/baselayout

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echo "sys-apps/baselayout" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask

than you have to

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emerge baselayout --nodeps

now the fun part is the 30 config files -- there are important ones in there so make sure you check them

[Brian_X7]

This is gonna be a big issue for people since it effects so many config files.
now the fun part is the 30 config files -- there are important ones in there so make sure you check them

Yeah, but has anyone figured out how to get xdm back after this?

[wolfden]

This is gonna be a big issue for people since it effects so many config files.
now the fun part is the 30 config files -- there are important ones in there so make sure you check them

Yeah, but has anyone figured out how to get xdm back after this?

what version of sabayon are you running?

I don't recall loosing it in the x86

[Brian_X7]

This is gonna be a big issue for people since it effects so many config files.
now the fun part is the 30 config files -- there are important ones in there so make sure you check them

Yeah, but has anyone figured out how to get xdm back after this?

what version of sabayon are you running?

I don't recall loosing it in the x86

I'm running 3.4e x86. I've gotten it back by changing the xdm to kdm in /etc/conf.d/xdm, but now I don't have the Sabayon login box. I get the KDE login box instead.

Thanks,
Brian

[wolfden]

yea cause you overwrote the config files

[Brian_X7]

yea cause you overwrote the config files

uh huh, and what files might i start to look at to get my sabayon login back?

[wolfden]

Easiest way is to use the KDM Theme manager

Control Center - System Administration - KDM Theme Manager
---------click on Administrator Mode - enter password
-----------Check or X the box Enable KDE Theme
------------Select BCOpenFuture

logout of KDE and presto, all betters

[DontPanic]

I just got this xdm error while rebooting...

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/etc/init.d/xdm: line 119: ebegin: command not found
/etc/init.d/xdm: line 121: save_options: command not found
/etc/init.d/xdm: line 133: eend: command not found
 * ERROR: xdm failed to start


Is this the same error everyone else is talking about?

My temporary workaround was to unmerge makedev, and downgrade baselayout to 1.12.10-r4.

My system boots now, and all the errors I saw were related to my timezone going back to the factory default (I missed that when re-merging the etc scripts).

But I honestly don't know the purpose of makedev, so I'm taking a risk by unmerging this package. I would hate for other users to assume this is a solution. It's just the work-around I'm implementing to get my system back on it's legs while I sort out this issue.

[Brian_X7]

I just got this xdm error while rebooting...

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/etc/init.d/xdm: line 119: ebegin: command not found
/etc/init.d/xdm: line 121: save_options: command not found
/etc/init.d/xdm: line 133: eend: command not found
 * ERROR: xdm failed to start


Is this the same error everyone else is talking about?

My temporary workaround was to unmerge makedev, and downgrade baselayout to 1.12.10-r4.

My system boots now, and all the errors I saw were related to my timezone going back to the factory default (I missed that when re-merging the etc scripts).

Yeah, I got the same error. I somehow got past that by editing /etc/rc.conf or something like that and replacing DISPLAYMANAGER=xdm with
DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm

I'm getting the timezone error, how do I correct that?

Thanks,
Brian