[gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
Hello, This is a bit trivial and off topic but I can't figure out what happened. Xpdf was working before and now I click on a given pdf and nothing happens. No errors, nothing. I'm using KDE 3.1.4 I like to view PDF's with Xpdf. In KDE Control Center "File Associations" I have Filename patters of "*.PDF and *.pdf" and in the Application Preference Order I have: X PDF listed first and then KGhostView second. Whats strange is that I was able to simply single left mouse click on any *.pdf file and it would be opened with Xpdf. Now when I click on any given pdf it does absolutely nothing. If I right click on the given pdf and choose to open with KGhostView, that works. Does anyone have any idea how I would trouble shoot this or what/where to look for error messages? I've verified that I have a xpdf located in /usr/bin. Thanks, JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
-- quoting Joshua Banks -- > Whats strange is that I was able to simply single left mouse click on > any *.pdf file and it would be opened with Xpdf. Now when I click on > any given pdf it does absolutely nothing. If I right click on the given > pdf and choose to open with KGhostView, that works. Does anyone have > any idea how I would trouble shoot this or what/where to look for error > messages? tried to double-left-click onto this .pdf file? and what happens, if you try to run $ /usr/bin/xpdf /path/to/file.pdf from command line? -- You don't know what it's like -- I'm the one out there every day putting his ass on the line. And I'm not out of order! You're out of order! The whole freaking system is out of order! -- Homer Simpson Secrets of a Successful Marriage -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
--- "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and what happens, if you try to run > > $ /usr/bin/xpdf /path/to/file.pdf > > from command line? As root: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin # /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/501302.pdf /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory As normal user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop $ /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/Desktop/access.pdf /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I get the same error if I try: "/usr/bin/xpdf" as root or normal user as well. Not sure what I did wrong. I can call other programs like "ethereal" and "gaim" just fine. Hmmm. Thanks, JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
-- quoting Joshua Banks -- > As root: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin # /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/501302.pdf > /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory This file belongs to package openmotif. I would suggest you remerge that package: $ emerge x11-libs/openmotif ... and retry to start xpdf afterwards. Please report success or failure. Greets, Matthias -- All right, let's not panic. I'll make the money back by selling one of my livers. I can get by with one. -- Homer Simpson Homer vs. Patty and Selma -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
--- "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- quoting Joshua Banks -- > > As root: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin # /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/501302.pdf > > /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: > cannot > > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > This file belongs to package openmotif. > I would suggest you remerge that package: > > $ emerge x11-libs/openmotif > > ... and retry to start xpdf afterwards. Please report success or > failure. Matthias, I did an "emerge sync" and then "emerge -uD x11-libs/openmotif" It's emerging 6 pkgs. So this is going to take alittle bit on Dial-up. :P Please teach me what you did here: > This file belongs to package openmotif. I'm assuming that you used "qpkg". But what options and arguments did you use. If you didn't use qpkg, then what? Thanks, JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
-- quoting Joshua Banks -- > Matthias, I did an "emerge sync" and then "emerge -uD > x11-libs/openmotif" > > It's emerging 6 pkgs. So this is going to take alittle bit on Dial-up. ok, good luck ;) > Please teach me what you did here: > > This file belongs to package openmotif. > > I'm assuming that you used "qpkg". But what options and arguments did > you use. If you didn't use qpkg, then what? np, I first did an $ locate libXm.so.3 to find out where this file lives on my system. Afterwards, a normal $ qpkg -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3 should do... Greetings, Matthias -- Bart: Oh, cheer up, Mom. You can't buy publicity like that. Thousands and thousands of people saw your pretzels injuring Whitey Ford. Homer: You can call them Whitey-whackers! -- Homer Simpson The Twisted World of Marge Simpson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
--- "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- quoting Joshua Banks -- > > Matthias, I did an "emerge sync" and then "emerge -uD > > x11-libs/openmotif" > > > > It's emerging 6 pkgs. So this is going to take alittle bit on > Dial-up. > > ok, good luck ;) > > > Please teach me what you did here: > > > This file belongs to package openmotif. > > > > I'm assuming that you used "qpkg". But what options and arguments > did > > you use. If you didn't use qpkg, then what? > > np, I first did an > > $ locate libXm.so.3 > > to find out where this file lives on my system. Afterwards, a normal > > $ qpkg -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3 Ahhh. Thank you. I will experiment with your method. Never used "locate" before so this should be an interesting day. I'll be sure to let you know whether or not re-merge'ing openmotif helped. I'm sure it will do the trick though. JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 07:51, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: > -- quoting Joshua Banks -- > > As root: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin # /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/501302.pdf > > /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot > > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > This file belongs to package openmotif. > I would suggest you remerge that package: > > $ emerge x11-libs/openmotif > > ... and retry to start xpdf afterwards. Please report success or failure. As simple and friendly as this recommendation seems, I get really tired of hearing only part of the story. There are so many posting threads that read: Q. What do I do for A. You need to emerge again Q. Why didn't it get emerged properly the first time? A. ?? Why in blazes is it necessary to re-emerge packages? I almost never see this problem on my system. Is there a common problem here and thus a common solution? What is the rest of the story? I can understand when the USE variables must be changed, but why are there so many recommendations to re-emerge without any obvious changes? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Gentoo stable -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 18:35, collins wrote: > > > There are so many posting threads that read: > > Q. What do I do for > A. You need to emerge again > Q. Why didn't it get emerged properly the first time? > A. ?? > > Why in blazes is it necessary to re-emerge packages? I almost never see > this problem on my system. Is there a common problem here and thus a > common solution? What is the rest of the story? > > I can understand when the USE variables must be changed, but why are > there so many recommendations to re-emerge without any obvious changes? > > Well, maybe it emerged just fine the first time and got screwed later, who knows. I've seen this happening on a server at my university but it was a SuSE server. On the other hand, I've never seen this on my system. But then again, I am pretty conservative with my make.conf settings and do nothing as root except etc-update and occasional debugging. Everything else is done with sudo since I very rarely change anything here. Cheers, Renat -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
--- "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- quoting Joshua Banks -- > > As root: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin # /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/501302.pdf > > /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: > cannot > > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > This file belongs to package openmotif. > I would suggest you remerge that package: > > $ emerge x11-libs/openmotif > > ... and retry to start xpdf afterwards. Please report success or > failure. Thanks for the help and usefull learning tips Matthias. Xpdf works once again. Joshua Banks __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
--- collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As simple and friendly as this recommendation seems, I get really > tired > of hearing only part of the story. I here what your saying. But as you'll notice, allot of times its a mystery as to why things need to be re-merged. Maybe your response will provoke a lurking Gentoo Guru to respond with something meaningful or enlightened info for us all. Heh..Heh.. :P The reason I only posted part of the story is because, thats the only part of the story that I know of. WHY this happens is a mystery.. > There are so many posting threads that read: > > Q. What do I do for > A. You need to emerge again > Q. Why didn't it get emerged properly the first time? > A. ?? > > Why in blazes is it necessary to re-emerge packages? I almost never > see > this problem on my system. Is there a common problem here and thus a > common solution? What is the rest of the story? I do find that when I upgrade my kernel I have to re-merge "xfree-drm" for some unknown reason. I'm about to upgrade to 2.4.20r8 and I'm sure something will need to be re-merged. > > I can understand when the USE variables must be changed, but why are > there so many recommendations to re-emerge without any obvious > changes? The funny thing is that I don't mess with any of my use variables. So who knows. I would like to know the same things that your inquiring about. Please open a thread and ask. Heh... Heh.. :D Thanks, JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: XPDF will not run anylonger.
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 02:35, collins wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 07:51, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: > > -- quoting Joshua Banks -- > > > > > As root: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin # /usr/bin/xpdf /home/jbanks/501302.pdf > > > /usr/bin/xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot > > > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > This file belongs to package openmotif. > > I would suggest you remerge that package: > > > > $ emerge x11-libs/openmotif > > > > ... and retry to start xpdf afterwards. Please report success or failure. > > As simple and friendly as this recommendation seems, I get really tired > of hearing only part of the story. I thought that this one sounded pretty simple. The solution I would have given would be to just re-emerge xpdf. The fact that it was working and now isn't says to me that it was originally compiled with "motif" or "openmotif" in his USE flags and then the USE flag and the package was removed. Looking at the ebuild, you'll see it has optional motif support. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
