[CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
Hello, I'm trying to get the LD_LIBRARY_PATH set from .bash_profile (Centos 5.3 fully updated). This is a part of my .bash_profile: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/szyman/omnet/omnetpp-2.3p1/lib export R_HISTSIZE=20 Everything works fine under standard ssh login, but under NX client the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is missing (the R_HISTSIZE is exported properly). Any hints? Thanks, Andrzej ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 14:38, Andrzej Szymanskiszym...@agh.edu.pl wrote: Everything works fine under standard ssh login, but under NX client the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is missing (the R_HISTSIZE is exported properly). Any hints? This is probably not related to NX, but to the terminal emulator you are using (gnome-terminal, kterm, etc.). Some of them do not open login shells (the ones that read .bash_profile) but only interactive shells (the ones that read .bashrc). Moving those lines from .bash_profile to .bashrc should work for both cases (as .bash_profile usually sources .bashrc) and solve your problem in both SSH sessions and NX sessions. HTH, Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 14:38, Andrzej Szymanskiszym...@agh.edu.pl wrote: Everything works fine under standard ssh login, but under NX client the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is missing (the R_HISTSIZE is exported properly). Any hints? This is probably not related to NX, but to the terminal emulator you are using (gnome-terminal, kterm, etc.). Some of them do not open login shells (the ones that read .bash_profile) but only interactive shells (the ones that read .bashrc). Moving those lines from .bash_profile to .bashrc should work for both cases (as .bash_profile usually sources .bashrc) and solve your problem in both SSH sessions and NX sessions. HTH, Filipe Thanks for a fast resolution. However, moving this to .bashrc is a workaround. If I log in graphically to the console the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from .bash_profile is set correctly. It is unset only on NX session (and the other settings from .bash_profile are set properly, so this file is definitely parsed during nx session startup). Andrzej ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 21:04 +0200, Andrzej Szymanski wrote: Thanks for a fast resolution. However, moving this to .bashrc is a workaround. If I log in graphically to the console the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from .bash_profile is set correctly. It is unset only on NX session (and the other settings from .bash_profile are set properly, so this file is definitely parsed during nx session startup). As suggested before some terminals do not run as login-shell. Gnome-terminal has an option (under edit- profile preferences - title and command that allows you to change this behaviour: Run command as login shell. You may want to check your terminal program for a similar setting Louis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Andrzej Szymanskiszym...@agh.edu.pl wrote: Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 14:38, Andrzej Szymanskiszym...@agh.edu.pl wrote: Everything works fine under standard ssh login, but under NX client the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is missing (the R_HISTSIZE is exported properly). Any hints? This is probably not related to NX, but to the terminal emulator you are using (gnome-terminal, kterm, etc.). Some of them do not open login shells (the ones that read .bash_profile) but only interactive shells (the ones that read .bashrc). Moving those lines from .bash_profile to .bashrc should work for both cases (as .bash_profile usually sources .bashrc) and solve your problem in both SSH sessions and NX sessions. HTH, Filipe Thanks for a fast resolution. However, moving this to .bashrc is a workaround. If I log in graphically to the console the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from .bash_profile is set correctly. It is unset only on NX session (and the other settings from .bash_profile are set properly, so this file is definitely parsed during nx session startup). Can you just skip the whole LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing and configure libraries at the system level? man ldconfig Jeff ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 15:04, Andrzej Szymanskiszym...@agh.edu.pl wrote: However, moving this to .bashrc is a workaround. If I log in graphically to the console the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from .bash_profile is set correctly. It is unset only on NX session (and the other settings from .bash_profile are set properly, so this file is definitely parsed during nx session startup). I use the real NX, not FreeNX, and I know it installs under /usr/NX, so I know it will use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to find its own libraries. I believe it will probably reset (erase) the contents of LD_LIBRARY_PATH once the O.S. processes (window manager, etc.) are started. As I said, if your terminal emulator opened a login shell you would not have problems leaving the setting in .bash_profile, as it would be read again when you open a new shell (if you are starting your application through a shell). However, I believe this is not really very standardized. As a rule of thumb, I try to put as much as possible in .bashrc and leave only the source of .bashrc in .bash_profile, as this increases the chances of it just working. And while you say moving this to .bashrc is a workaround, I would say that using LD_LIBRARY_PATH is a workaround, or at least a kludge, since software that is properly installed would never need it... The interaction of different software packages that need to use it will always cause this kind of issues, and there is usually nothing much short of other workarounds or kludges that can be done about it... Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Louis Lagendijk Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:21 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx) On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 21:04 +0200, Andrzej Szymanski wrote: Thanks for a fast resolution. However, moving this to .bashrc is a workaround. If I log in graphically to the console the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from .bash_profile is set correctly. It is unset only on NX session (and the other settings from .bash_profile are set properly, so this file is definitely parsed during nx session startup). As suggested before some terminals do not run as login-shell. Gnome-terminal has an option (under edit- profile preferences - title and command that allows you to change this behaviour: Run command as login shell. You may want to check your terminal program for a similar setting Louis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos With Konsole, just change the invocation of /bin/bash to /bin/bash -l -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Phone: (408) 240-1239 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
I'm surprised that since it installs in a non-standard location that it doesn't create a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ conf file. In that case it's a simple drop-in file that only requires ldconfig to be run after the package installation -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Phone: (408) 240-1239 -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Filipe Brandenburger Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:26 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx) Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 15:04, Andrzej Szymanskiszym...@agh.edu.pl wrote: However, moving this to .bashrc is a workaround. If I log in graphically to the console the LD_LIBRARY_PATH from .bash_profile is set correctly. It is unset only on NX session (and the other settings from .bash_profile are set properly, so this file is definitely parsed during nx session startup). I use the real NX, not FreeNX, and I know it installs under /usr/NX, so I know it will use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to find its own libraries. I believe it will probably reset (erase) the contents of LD_LIBRARY_PATH once the O.S. processes (window manager, etc.) are started. As I said, if your terminal emulator opened a login shell you would not have problems leaving the setting in .bash_profile, as it would be read again when you open a new shell (if you are starting your application through a shell). However, I believe this is not really very standardized. As a rule of thumb, I try to put as much as possible in .bashrc and leave only the source of .bashrc in .bash_profile, as this increases the chances of it just working. And while you say moving this to .bashrc is a workaround, I would say that using LD_LIBRARY_PATH is a workaround, or at least a kludge, since software that is properly installed would never need it... The interaction of different software packages that need to use it will always cause this kind of issues, and there is usually nothing much short of other workarounds or kludges that can be done about it... Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 16:42, Gary Greeneggre...@minervanetworks.com wrote: I'm surprised that since it installs in a non-standard location that it doesn't create a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ conf file. In that case it's a simple drop-in file that only requires ldconfig to be run after the package installation I believe some of the libraries clash with ones provided by the O.S., and should be used by NX binaries only, so adding to ldconfig is not the proper solution there... From what I see, the NX binaries are actually linked to the NX libraries using the full path, or using RPATH when not specifying the whole path, so I'm not sure why they use LD_LIBRARY_PATH... However, using strings and grep I can see that they do use it and apparently reset it. They might be resetting it as a measure of security. Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cannot get LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work under NX (freenx)
Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Hi, On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 16:42, Gary Greeneggre...@minervanetworks.com wrote: I'm surprised that since it installs in a non-standard location that it doesn't create a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ conf file. In that case it's a simple drop-in file that only requires ldconfig to be run after the package installation I believe some of the libraries clash with ones provided by the O.S., and should be used by NX binaries only, so adding to ldconfig is not the proper solution there... From what I see, the NX binaries are actually linked to the NX libraries using the full path, or using RPATH when not specifying the whole path, so I'm not sure why they use LD_LIBRARY_PATH... However, using strings and grep I can see that they do use it and apparently reset it. They might be resetting it as a measure of security. But wouldn't it be more polite to reset it back to what it had picked up from your .bash_profile if you had some reason to change it there? -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
