Re: ldconfig and hosing my system [SOLVED!]

2003-11-12 Thread Bill Benedetto
My original problem was that I had run ldconfig with a bogus LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable setting and that hosed up my /etc/ld.so.cache. Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> both recommended booting knoppix and using chroot to run ldconfig so as to update my hard d

Re: ldconfig and hosing my system

2003-10-24 Thread David Z Maze
Bill Benedetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I ran "ldconfig" when I had an LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable set to > point to old old libraries. Once "ldconfig" finished, then no > commands would work. Nothing. Oops. :-( If you happen to have a statically linked shell around, then you could try a

Re: ldconfig and hosing my system

2003-10-24 Thread Matthias Hentges
Am Fre, 2003-10-24 um 17.24 schrieb Bill Benedetto: > Ok. Let me preface this by saying I'm not normally mentally > challenged. People often bring me computer problems and they > leave with their problem solved and their computer still running. > > System: > New Dell Poweredge running Woody. >

ldconfig and hosing my system

2003-10-24 Thread Bill Benedetto
Ok. Let me preface this by saying I'm not normally mentally challenged. People often bring me computer problems and they leave with their problem solved and their computer still running. System: New Dell Poweredge running Woody. Installed with bf24 and using ext3 for /. Installed and runni