Xorg and libm.so.2

Ryan Sommers ryans at gamersimpact.com
Sat Oct 16 06:18:03 PDT 2004


albi wrote:

>>I have just installed 5.3b7, and after installing Xorg, I get the
>>following error:
>>
>>/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared obj "libm.so.2" not found, required by
>>"Xorg"
>>
>>I found in google that certain libs have been upgraded, and indeed, I
>>do have libm.so.3 in the /lib dir.
>>
>>Can I tell Xorg that it should use .3, and if so, how.
>>    
>>
>
>ln -s /lib/libm.so.3 /lib/libm.so.2 worked for me
>  
>
A better way would be to recompile Xorg from ports against the new 
library. Make sure you remove the symlink. Or if you don't want to build 
a new Xorg use /etc/libmap.conf instead of symlink hacks.

-- 
Ryan Sommers
ryans at gamersimpact.com



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