On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > oki doki. you havethe following error, which repeats for a few > > applications: > > > > /opt/kde/bin/artsd: error while loading shared libraries: > > libaudiofile.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or > > directory > > > > as you can see - you are missing the 'audiofile' library. > this is a > > low-level library, used by most of the KDE applications. you > need to find > > how you managed to miss installing it - and find which > package it belongs > > to. > > > > since i'm not familiar with slackware - soemone else might > be able to tell > > how to find which package this library belongs to. > > well, i get an error when starting kde on another slack 8.1 > box saying i dont havea sound card configured or something > like that, i just click ok and everything works smoothly > i guess thats the same error > and i doubt i didnt install that package because both systems > are installed from the same cd and i chose the same kde > packages for them > so i either installed it or the package isnt necessary for > running kde this library _must be installed_ if you want thoose underlying applications to work - when an application is dynamically linked with several libraries, and one of those libraries are not found - the application does not run. this still possibly does not have anything to do with your problem - but it is nontheless a problem that you should fix. waving with your hands and muttering holly matramonies - won't make your problems go away ;) kindly do seek a fix to this problem by finding which package was not installed - this has nothing to do with a lack of soundcard, and thus it is NOT the same problem. why do you think its the same - just because it has the word 'audio' in the error message? can't you see that the error message is different? you also ought to remember that trying to identify a problem, while other problems clutter your view - makes it much harder to identify the problem. so fix this one, and if it does not solve your major problem - then you'll at least have a clearer view of what is going on. and if you're lucky - this _is_ what causes your problem. good luck, -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
