On Friday 04 September 2015 11:31:25 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:42:33 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> > x11-base/xorg-server > > > > > > Remove. The server is a dep for just about everything GUI-related > > > > Not so here on this KDE box. I removed it from my world file and emerge > > -ca wanted to remove the server, so I put it back again, sharpish. I > > don't have x11-base/xorg-x11 though, not needing all that extra stuff; > > this is in accordance with the handbook. > > That's as it should be. Graphical programs are X clients, so they pull in > the client libraries. They need an X server to talk to, but not > necessarily on the same box.
Indeed. So Alan's advice should have been for the OP to remove either xorg- server or xorg-x11. -- Rgds Peter
