Two huge annoyances, Flash and masked packages

gilesjuk

No matter what I have tried I can't get Konqueror to recognise 32-bit Netscape plugins, tried all the various "hacks" on here.

Also, no matter what I put in packages.unmask it just doesn't let me merge masked packages.

What's the latest process for merging masked packages, tried something on a Gentoo wiki site and that didn't work at all.
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gilesjuk

My make.conf: my KDE is 3.5.0

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O2"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"

USE="-gtk -gnome radeon qt kde arts dvd alsa scsi cdr samba xine xmms flac gstreamer mp3 mysql opengl v
isualization vorbis musicbrainz"

PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
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thedopefishlives · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 84

Even if you put a package in package.unmask, it may be hard-masked by keyword. In that case, you have to manually add the correct keyword to your /etc/portage/package.keywords, like thusly:

frenkel · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 1034 Location: .nl

Which package are you trying to emerge then? Did you also put it in portage.keywords?

gilesjuk · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

Aha thanks guys, I get it now.

It's Tomcat and Eclipse I want to emerge and I think I can do it now.

Cheers.

The problem with Flash it that Konqueror opens up a new Window and goes to Macromedia's site everytime I go to a page with Flash, this annoys me no end. I don't mind having no flash, I just need to stop Konqueror either prompting me or opening a window when it encounters a page with flash.
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PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

Damn, take a look at the links in my signature below:
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