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From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
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Subject: Re: libXmu problem - solved!
To: jsd@gamespot.com (random junk)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:09:06 -0600 (CST)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970331121634.jsd@gamespot.com> from random junk at "Mar 31, 97 12:13:22 pm"
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In a previous message, random junk said:
> i tried all the suggestions posted here.  the permissions were fine.  copying
> the library from /usr/X11R6/lib to /usr/local/bin didn't fix it.  no amount of
> mangling LD_LIBRARY_PATH helped.
> 
> the solution - halt the system and do a cold power cycle.  (lucky coincidental
> timing - i had to move my machine to another desk.)
> 
> when i powered it back up, everything worked perfectly.  and ldd shows that it
> is picking up libXmu from /usr/X11R6/lib, not /usr/local/lib!
> 
> go figure.


Sounds like a ldconfig /usr/X11/lib /usr/local/lib
probably would have done the trick.

Paul.


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