On 29 Nov 2004 11:07:48 -0500, Jerry Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Parnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I have an application importing qt on a linux server and am missing >> something in trying to run it from a workstation via nfs. The >> workstation has the server /usr directory mounted to its own /usr >> directory, so it can access the necessary files. The error I get is >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/demo/revenues.py", line 24, in ? >> from qt import * >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/qt.py", line 24, in ? >> import libsip >> ImportError: libXrender.so.1: cannot open shared object file: >> No such file or directory >> >> I can see the file in /usr/X11R6/lib. So maybe there is a path variable >> that qt.py uses and that has to be set on the workstation. If so, I don't >> know how to find it. Thanks for any help. > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib > > or if the LD_LIBRARY_PATH exists already, append to it; > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/X11R6/lib > > then > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Yes, this works. > > Now try running your Python script and see if this helps. If so, read > about ld.config and add that lib to the standard config on the > workstation if you plan on having that NFS mount all the time. > my /etc/ld.so.conf file already has that lib in it. So something else is happening, but it clearly has nothing to do with python. > You might also check to insure that the lib that you are "seeing" is > actually a file and not a symlink to nowhere and that the file has > appropriate perms for a shared lib r-x is typical. > > HTH > The lib is a symlink to another file in the same directory, and the permissions seem to be okay. Thanks very much for your help. > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jerry Sievers 305 854-3001 (home) WWW ECommerce Consultant > 305 321-1144 (mobile http://www.JerrySievers.com/ -- Bob Parnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
