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handsome greg http://www.lipstick-killers.com On Apr 2, 2005 9:12 PM, Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 02 April 2005 20:25, Stuart Brorson wrote: > >sys_lib_search_path_spec > > This was enough of a clue that I was able to see that it > was using the .la file in /usr/local/lib, which did indeed > point it at the defunct directory. So I grabbed the one > out of /root/kde3.3/lib and over wrote it as that one > correctly points to the correct location in /root/kdce3.3/lib. > > Sidebar here: Would it not make more sense to open > ldconfig.cache and see where it is? In a properly maintained > system, it knows where everything is. > > Unforch, that only allowed it to get to the next hangup, from > exactly the same error as before. > > So, I went thru the /usr/local/lib dir, checking .la files and > replaceing any that still had the bad link path with those from > /root/kde3.3/lib which did have the correct 'dependency list' paths. > > Then wiped the install dir clean and started over. And it looks > like libtool is now working, I've seen it go by in the stdout many > times now. And now I see /usr/bin/install scrolling by at about > 10^33rd fenceposts/hour so I think I'm on my way. And yes, one > could, without stretching the truth too far, call this system hosed. > Funny thing though, its getting (except for things like this) plumb > stable. I play with kernels constantly, and I must say that if > you aren't running 2.6.12-rc1, your rocket has a plugged fuel > injector. Most everything Just Works(TM). I'm not running it > at the moment, playing with one of Ingo Molnars realtime-preempt > patches on top of 2.6.12-rc1. Everything works but my pcHDTV-3000 > card. It seems to lose dma priviledges or something. > > Silly (probably) Q: Is there an html build something step by step > tutorial buried in this someplace that would give a rank beginner > at EDA a helping hand? I can read chip docs, and wirewrap fairly > complex stuff which worked when I got done but that was 20 years > back down in the pile of old calendars too, so I need a helping > hand at 'larnin the lingo'. Is there such a thing as a good starter > book available at Borders or such that covers enough of this to be > usefull? > > Thanks Stuart > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > 99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. >
