portage fails on compiling xorg-server

behzad · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 2

I have installed gentoo 2006.1 lately.
I wanted to make my gentoo up to date. So I ran
#emerge --update world
but portage fails after compiling xorg-server 1.1.1-r1, with this message:

!!! Cannot write to /usr/share /X11/xkb/compiled .
!!! Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks.

What should I do?

asiB4 · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:49 am Post subject:

behzad · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 2

The only thing that I could do was this:
#chmod 777 -R /usr/share /X11/xkb/compiled
But didn`t solve the problem.

fullaxx · n00b Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 8

I have this exact same problem.

While emerging xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 I get this error (after compilation process)
!!! Cannot write to '/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled'.
!!! Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks.
!!! You may start the merge process again by using ebuild:
!!! ebuild /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.1.1-r4.ebuild merge
!!! And finish by running this: env-update

/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled is a link to -> /var/lib/xkb
and /var/lib/xkb does not exist!

What happened to /var/lib/xkb ??
Any help would be appreciated!

fullaxx · n00b Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 8

I found the answer in another post:

/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled is a bad symlink

just remove it: