On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:40:16AM -0400, Justin M. Keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also have this problem. I don't have a libz.so.1 in /lib, but I have > libz.so.1 in /usr/lib.
This is the one that's supposed to exist. > I can't run gnome, and I just get a root window in X. > > This problem is preventing me from updating some packages, because > things like 'update-mime-database' and 'scrollkeeper-config' depend on > libxml2.so.2. > > $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > [snip] > Removing sun-java6-jre ... > update-mime-database: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: > undefined symbol: gzopen64 > > Could this be caused by installing the ruby gems package manager by hand? Try something like strace -eopen -f update-mime-database 2>&1 | grep libz.so and check where libz.so is taken from. If it's not taken in /usr/lib or /lib, then you're likely to have a broken LD_LIBRARY_PATH and/or a spurious libz.so somewhere else. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
