On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 05:34:54PM -0800, Penguin Lover Drew Tomlinson squawked: > >>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/xorg:/usr/lib64/xorg > >> > >>If I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH in a user terminal, then OpenOffice starts. > >>So what is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and why am I seeing this behavior? > >> > >> > > > >See > > > > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/LD_LIBRARY_PATH > > > >So the question is one of hunting down where this variable is set. > >Your .bashrc? Perhaps grepping through /etc/env.d? > > > > Thank you for your reply. The culprit appears to be > /etc/profile.d/ati-fglrx.sh. So if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not a > good idea, why does the ATI driver do so? And more importantly, how can > I workaround this issue? >
As I don't use fglrx, I can't comment on that behaviour. A workaround is simply to alias oocal in your bashrc to something that unsets the problematic path. W -- W: You see, me and Willetta have been going on for a few weeks now. Phil: Only a few weeks, and she's living in your room? DJP: Will! What's that thing you said earlier about taking things slow! M&W rolling on the ground laughing. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 442 days, 5:06 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
