xwindows died, after downgrade glibc, (trying to build unstable)

Richard -Gilligan- Uschold uschold@cs.ucf.edu
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:11:30 +0000


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Robert Graham Merkel wrote:

> "Rick \"Gilligan\" Uschold" writes:
>  > I'm still trying to build gnucash unstable.  I had upgraded to
>  > glibc-2.2.1 for a dependency of Guppi, and that required much
>  > further upgrading / rebuilding other packages (such as XFree86) to
>  > work with the new glibc. After the downgrade back to
>  > glibc-2.1.3-16mdk, xwindows does not come up.
>  >
> Nasty.
>
>  > startx gives the following error:
>  > xauth: error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open
>  > shared object file: No such file or directory
>  >
>  > also, xemacs won't start in the non windowed mode, it gives:
>  > /usr/bin/xemacs: error in loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.6:
>  > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>  > Oddly, both of these files exist in /usr/X11R6/lib
>  >
> First suggestion - try running ldconfig.
>
> If that doesn't work, ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 and see whether
> the symlink points to anything.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Merkel                              rgmerk@mira.net
>
> "We are excited and optimistic about its usage going
> forward and, yes, we can teach penguins the military
> close-order drill", Mark Norton, US Department of Defense.
> ------------------------------------------------------------

Much Thanks, my system is Back!
 /etc/ld.so.conf did not exist, but three old back up versions did.  I
copied the one with the most directories in it to /ld.so.conf and ran
ldconfig, and , wa la, everything works!


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Robert Graham Merkel wrote:
"Rick \"Gilligan\" Uschold" writes:
 > I'm still trying to build gnucash unstable.  I had upgraded to
 > glibc-2.2.1 for a dependency of Guppi, and that required much
 > further upgrading / rebuilding other packages (such as XFree86) to
 > work with the new glibc. After the downgrade back to
 > glibc-2.1.3-16mdk, xwindows does not come up.
 >
Nasty.

 > startx gives the following error:
 > xauth: error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open
 > shared object file: No such file or directory
 >
 > also, xemacs won't start in the non windowed mode, it gives:
 > /usr/bin/xemacs: error in loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.6:
 > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 > Oddly, both of these files exist in /usr/X11R6/lib
 >
First suggestion - try running ldconfig.

If that doesn't work, ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 and see whether
the symlink points to anything.

------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Merkel                              rgmerk@mira.net

"We are excited and optimistic about its usage going
forward and, yes, we can teach penguins the military
close-order drill", Mark Norton, US Department of Defense.
------------------------------------------------------------

Much Thanks, my system is Back!
 /etc/ld.so.conf did not exist, but three old back up versions did.  I copied the one with the most directories in it to /ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig, and , wa la, everything works!
 
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