Re: libXFt and konqueror

[John Habermann <j_habermann@tpg.com.au>]

Thanks for pointing out the bug report, I can get kde apps to run now 
using LD_PRELOAD ie for konqueror typing

  LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 konqueror

in an xterm causes konqueror to start and run without any problems.
I tried upgrading my libc6 and now have 2.3.1-17 but the output I get 
from lddconfig libXft is exactly the same, no ld-linux.so.2 and locate 
can't find ld-linux.so.2 anywhere on my system I have the latest libxft2 
package and therefore I would assume the latest libXft.so.2 library.

I posted an email to bug #186042 so hopefully it will help them in 
finding out what the problem is.

Thanks for your help

John


Donald Spoon wrote:

> John Habermann wrote:
>
> > Apt doesn't seem to have any problems with my kde packages, but all 
> > the kde apps that I try and run fail with exactly the same error. For 
> > example kedit gives exactly the same error as konqueror
> >
> >    "kedit: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined 
> > symbol: FcInit"
> >
> > I tried running ldconfig -X but I am still getting the same error. 
> > kdeinit fails as well so it appears that all kde based apps have got 
> > this problem. Could it be a problem with Qt or someother kde 
> > dependency. I am afraid I don't have idea of what is involved.
> >
> > in /usr/X11R6/lib libXft.so.2 is just a sym link to libXft.so.2.0. Is 
> > that right?
> >
> > I ran  ldd /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2 and got the following output
> >
> > "        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x6ffa6000)
> >        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x6ff26000)
> >        libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x6fef6000)
> >        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x6fd9d000)
> >        libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x6fd6b000)
> >        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x6fc70000)
> >        /lib/ld.so.1 => /lib/ld.so.1 (0x08000000)
> >        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x6fc4d000)
> > "
> >
> > I have kde 3.1.0 that I compiled using the garnome based kde app and 
> > that runs fine. I don't have these apps in my path, just start them 
> > with ./
> >
> > Thanks for you help
> >
> > John
>
> It looks like others are having this problem too.  You might want to 
> take a look at the following bug report:
>
> Debian Bug report logs - #186042
> libxft2: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined 
> symbol: FcInit
>
> at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=186042.
>
> If you drill down and look at the message on 31 Mar 2003 from Michael 
> Shields, you will see that he has a "work-around".  I don't understand 
> it, but maybe you will.
>
> It looks like an open bug from what I see.  Dunno why your machine is 
> affected and mine is not.  I am using KDE 3.1.1 binaries from 
> "unstable" and the same libXft2 as you and it all works fine here. I 
> also am using XF86 version 4.2.1 for whatever that might be worth..
>
> Maybe the following info would also be helpful.  Here is what I get on 
> my machine from your ldd command:
>
> ldd /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2
>         libXrender.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x4001b000)
>         libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x40021000)
>         libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x40071000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4007e000)
>         libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4018e000)
>         libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4019b000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
>         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40255000)
>
> Note the differences in the next-to-last line.  The "ld-linux.so.2" is 
> from the newer glibc (libc6 2.3.1-16).  Do you have it installed?  I 
> know some were holding off on installing it because of some problems 
> earlier.  Those "problems" seem to be "fixed" now.
>
> Cheers & Good Luck!
> -Don Spoon-