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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Folks,

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 04:38:05 +0000 (UTC)
Matrix Mole <matrixm AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:


> >   First thing I noticed was that Links (graphic) was no longer able to go 
> > anywhere,
> > including on my own machine. Every time I tried to go to a URL, or look 
> > at my file
> > system, I got chucked out with a segmentation fault.  And this is my 
> > favourite browser !
> >   So, maybe, I thought, there is a misslinked library ?
> 
> Did you try doing ldd for links to see what it was saying it was missing?

   Yes, but it wasn't much help.  Links (graphic) is a statically compiled 
beast from JP.


> I have never used ldconfig (at least, not manually, don't know about 
> programs that do it during install scripts). I know it's supposed to 
> create the needed sym links to libraries on systems, but never tried it 
> myself manually. Everyone I've ever heard of using it though has had the 
> mixed library problems (or perhaps the problems already existed and 
> lconfig only made them more obvious).

   Well this certainly became obvious.   :(
 
> >   Fortunately, because of my previous stuff-up, I had taken the 
> > precaution of copying
> > the complete /lib directory (from before the SW9.1 additions) to a backup 
> > directory.
> > So with BL3 (thank you, thaank you !) I was able to empty the BL21 /lib 
> > and reload the
> > backup, and I was back on the air with BL21 again.  And now Links 
> > -graphic works again.
> 
> Always back-up before making critical changes... yep, rule 0 when mucking 
> around with computer software.
> 
> >   Does anyone have a clue as to what might be missing for Links graphic ? 
> >  The error
> > message is:
> >
> > svgalib: Signal 11: Segmentation fault received
> >
> >   Is it the case, as with the SW8.1 libraries to get Opera/Phoenix to 
> > run, that one
> > would need to also install another library(ies) to support the first ?
> 
> This is very possible, try ldd on links (you'll have to execute this on 
> the actual program I think as opposed to doing it on the symlinks to it). 
> See if it tells you anything else. It might be an issue of needing some 
> other library not currently installed.

   As I said, it didn't help.
 
> >   Looking at the install routine for the SW9.1 glibc-solibs-xxxx.tgz it 
> > specifically
> > does NOT run ldconfig - it says so in the comments.   Does this also mean 
> > that if
> > ldconfig is run - for any reason at all - in the future, that it will 
> > always scramble
> > my libraries ?
> 
> I would hope not. But, as I mentioned above, I've never run ldconfig 
> manually, and mayhaps when it's run inside the install scripts, they use 
> command line switches and such to prevent any type of foul ups.

    I would hope so, otherwise there is very little point in trying to 
upgrade the libraries.
 
> Easy enough to get back to it working at least since you have the backup 
> to restore from. 

   Which I have done.  But if it comes to a choice between Links graphical 
working
or xine working, Links wins !  I use it all the time.

> Also, was links graphic working prior to the glibcso upgrade to SW91? 

   Oh, yes !

> If 
> so, it might very well be something that was changed with the new version 
> of glibcso instead of a problem with links graphical (there are very 
> minute tiems when the libs may not be 100% backwards compatible, I've just 
> never experienced it myself).

  That is what I fear may be the case.  :(

Regards,
        Ron


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