Cannot emerge networkmanagement with kde 4.6.4?

quanta · 03-05-2012, 10:58 PM

I'm running the stable version of networkmanager:

Code:

[U] net-misc/networkmanager
     Available versions:  0.8-r1 0.8.4.0-r2 (~)0.9.0 (~)0.9.2.0 (~)0.9.2.0-r2 (~)0.9.2.0-r3 [m](~)0.9.2.0-r5 {avahi bluetooth connection-sharing dhclient (+)dhcpcd doc gnutls +introspection kernel_linux (+)nss +ppp resolvconf wimax}
     Installed versions:  0.8.4.0-r2(10:48:53 AM 02/27/2012)(connection-sharing kernel_linux ppp -avahi -bluetooth -dhclient -dhcpcd -doc -gnutls -nss -resolvconf)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         Network configuration and management in an easy way. Desktop environment independent.

But I can't emerge the networkmanagement:

Code:

[ebuild  N     ] kde-misc/networkmanagement-0.8_p20110714  USE="(consolekit) (-aqua) -debug" 499 kB
[uninstall     ] kde-base/kdebase-desktoptheme-4.6.4  USE="(-aqua) -kdeenablefinal"
[blocks B      ] <=kde-misc/networkmanagement-4.4.0_p20100820 ("<=kde-misc/networkmanagement-4.4.0_p20100820" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-4.6.4-r1, kde-base/kdebase-desktoptheme-4.6.4)

Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 uninstall), Size of downloads: 499 kB
Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (kde-misc/networkmanagement-0.8_p20110714::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =kde-misc/networkmanagement-0.8_p20110714


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

cnetworkmanager cannot start:

Code:

$ cnetworkmanager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cnetworkmanager", line 110, in <module>
    nm = NetworkManager()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/networkmanager/networkmanager.py", line 50, in __init__
    super(NetworkManager, self).__init__(dbus.SystemBus(), self.SERVICE, self.OPATH, default_interface=self.IFACE)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbusclient/__init__.py", line 40, in __init__
    super(DBusMio, self).__init__(conn, bus_name, object_path, introspect, follow_name_owner_changes, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

i92guboj · 03-08-2012, 04:17 PM

I know nothing about these networkmanagement thingies (I have the strange theory that hardware belongs into the OS, not the desktop, but that's just me). But in any case, if portage is telling you that kde-misc/networkmanagement can't be installed alongside kde-base/kdelibs-4.6.4 is probably because of a good reason.

The most probable choices are that either the functionality has already been included into kde (or some official kde package, thus, into kde-base/whatever) or the package is not maintained and can't be compiled against newer kdelibs versions).