problem with lib

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 15:42 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Claude Jones wrote:
> > Ok - here are my responses to Craig's suggested commands:
> > 
> > ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 21446 Apr  1 16:43 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1
> > 
> > rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1
> > xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.FC3.13
> > 
> > ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 19424 Mar 24 18:04 
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1.0
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1 should be a symlink to libXxf86dga.so.1.0
> 
> In your case they are different files for some reason.
> 
> I would try this:
> 
> # cd /usr/X11R6/lib
> # mv libXxf86dga.so.1 libXxf86dga.so.1.strange
> # ln -s libXxf86dga.so.1.0 libXxf86dga.so.1
> # ldconfig
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I would agree with Paul's advice here...

the curious thing is that according to Claude on 4/6, it was a link and
not a file...

> 
> ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 18 Apr  3
> 19:38 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1 
> -> libXxf86dga.so.1.0
> 
> It would seem that the last xorg update has some issues. I had a
> major 
> problem with my other FC3 machine after this update, with my display 
> screen flashing to black every few seconds. Does the above give you
> some 
> clues? I'm sorry, but it's a bit over my head.

Craig