In a possible clue, all of my files in SystemFiles/Libraries/Linux and SystemFiles/Libraries/Linux-x86-64 have zero size.
/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/9.0/SystemFiles/Libraries/Linux$ ls -l total 4- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libaspell.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libespeak.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libfdl.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libGLU.so.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libgmp.so.10 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libHD.so.2.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libimf.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libintlc.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libintlc.so.5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libiomp5.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippccg9.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippccp8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippccpx.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippccs8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcc.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcc.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippccv8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippccw7.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcore.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcore.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcvg9.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcvp8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcvpx.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcvs8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcv.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcv.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcvv8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippcvw7.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippig9.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippip8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippipx.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippis8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippi.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippi.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippiv8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippiw7.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippsg9.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippsp8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippspx.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippss8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libipps.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libipps.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippsv8.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libippsw7.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libirc.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:50 liblept.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libMesaGL.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libMesaGLU.so.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_core.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_def.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_intel.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_intel_thread.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_p4m3.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_p4m.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_p4p.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_p4.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_def.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_ia.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_p4m2.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_p4m3.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_p4m.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_p4p.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libmkl_vml_p4.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libML32i3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libPHANToMIO.so.4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libportaudio.so.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libsndfile.so.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libsqlite3.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libsqlite3.so.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libsvml.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libWolframRTL_Minimal.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libWolframRTL.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libWolframRTL_Static_Minimal.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 31 21:51 libz.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 21:51 Mesa -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256561 Title: starting mathematica 9 crashes xserver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1256561/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs