From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSoCL-0003mg-Tr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:49:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 59975E0473; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice06.Princeton.EDU [128.112.133.8]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACC9E0473 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1N6nNPt004885 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:49:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m1N6nMrU011568 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:49:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A70E18536A; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:51:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:51:55 -0500 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: ATI Drivers Sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Was Re: What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? (Was Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User)) Message-ID: <20080223065155.GA22030@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <47BE2A8C.6010107@mykitchentable.net> <20080222040110.GD5076@sympatico.ca> <47BF0BE7.1020803@mykitchentable.net> <20080222213830.GA22241@princeton.edu> <47BF783E.8000505@mykitchentable.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47BF783E.8000505@mykitchentable.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: 65673fe8-b20f-4e16-a886-a05edec9be9c X-Archives-Hash: f0d108c245a5240aea552e2af7585a63 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