* walt <w41...@gmail.com> [130725 21:12]: > I'm very happy that I did the gnome update on a virtual gentoo > machine instead of my real machine :) The virtual gentoo is > unusable at the moment because gnome is very sick indeed. > > I avoided the big update on my real machine when I saw that > gnome-shell (I think it was) demanded the installation of > systemd on my openrc-only system. > > Now, I've been running systemd on the virtual gentoo machine > for months with no problems, so I wasn't worried about the > big update on that machine. > > AFAICT the systemd update has nothing to do with gnome's sickness, > systemd-206 seems to be working just fine on the virtual machine. > > The gnome desktop, however, is completely black except for one > functioning gnome main-menu applet, which lets me open an xterm > for potential debugging efforts. > > Running nautilus from the xterm prompt produces this error: > > GLib-GIO_ERROR: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' > does not contain a key named 'draw-background' > Trace/breakpoint trap > > Has anyone else tried the same update yet?
I blocked the whole update by adding entries to package.mask (don't know if there was an easier way) because I don't want systemd on my ~amd work machines. Todd
