KDE Died.

[PuterFreaK]

When attempting to load KDE I get:

ksplash: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
kdeinit: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
knotify: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
ksmserver: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
connect() failed: : No such file or directory


I think I accidentaly killed some vital RPM but dont know what... Any help would be greatly apreciated.

[error27]

you killed a mesa rpm prolly.

mesa is the linux opengl clone.

[PuterFreaK]

Originally posted by error27:
<STRONG>you killed a mesa rpm prolly.
mesa is the linux opengl clone.</STRONG>

Sounds good...What do I DO?

[DMR]

What you need do to do depends on what you did. ;)
The first thing to do is to think about what you were doing, prior to recieving the errors, that might have mucked things up. That might help determine exactly what you trashed, and what needs to be done to correct the problem. Did you actually wipe out libGL.so, or is something else going on?
Do find / -name libGL.soto see if the library is still intact. On my Mandrake 8.0 system, it resides in /usr/X11R6/lib/.

If you really need to reinstall an entire MESA RPM, you can get the correct package fro your distro at rpmfind.net (http://rpmfind.net)

[PuterFreaK]

I tried searching for that file with no result.

I searched for 'Mesa' on rpmfind but couldnt find my distro (RedHat 7.1). Will the 7.2 version work?

[error27]

With Red Hat if you don't have the necessary depends to install a program then it will tell you right?

That's how it is in debian anyways... but it's been so long since I used an rpm based distro that I forget.

[DMR]

Originally posted by PuterFreaK:
<STRONG>I tried searching for that file with no result. I searched for 'Mesa' on rpmfind but couldnt find my distro (RedHat 7.1). Will the 7.2 version work?</STRONG>I don't know if the 7.2 version will work for you, and I'm not actually positive that libGL.so is part of the Mesa package; it might be part of the XFree86 install. Sorry, but it's too late for me to look it up right now.
Anyone have a definitive answer for this one?
:confused:

As far as error27's question goes- yes, RPM should complain to you if runs into dependency issues. The problem is that you're then off on awild goose chase to find the package in question, which might itself be dependent on yet other packages... :(

BTW:
PuterFreaK,

Is your thread's topic an intentional pun on a certain Steely Dan song, or just coincidence?
;)

[ 13 November 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]