On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:46:04 -0600 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:11 pm, James wrote: > > On 12 Mar 2002 10:31:23 -0800 > > Ashley Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i just installed KDE 2.2.2 thru rpmdrake. it did complain about > > > libpng3 conflicts. I clicked 'force'. > > > now when i logged in normally with kde i cant see any icons on > > > the task bar or menus. > > > Ashley I don't know for sure (I run Windowmaker) but aren't the > > icons for KDE .png files? If so maybe this is the problem. > > James > > Yes, but it's appears Ashley used kde2.2.2 rpms for version 8.2 > on a <= 8.1 system. There's a few things that can be tried (with > mixed results). Install libpng3 rpm. Many, but not all have reported > that libpng2 and libpng3 coexist with no apparent problems. Some who > did have problems with this situation, uninstalled libpng2 and then > faked a link, 'ln -s /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2' > > When I was usin 8.1+cooker (< Dec. 2001), I don't remember any > problems tryin either solution. Hopefully this info is correct, but > I'd warn y'all it's from my memory ;> A couple addition to Tom's comment. Having both libpng2 and libpng3 installed will cause no problem and works better than using 'ln -s' If you currently have libpng2-devel installed you will be best served by removing it and installing libpng3-devel. Charles
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