gcc-3.3.2-r5 not updating LDPATH correctly? emerge broke

daveb · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:17 pm Post subject: now gnome desktop is broken?

So I've done the ldconfig fix after emerging gcc, and most everything seems to be working fine. One thing that seems to have been screwed up in the process is my gnome desktop. The background image was gone (just a solid color screen), all desktop icons are gone, and right-clicking on the desktopn does nothing (no menu). I've been able to restore the background image, but not the icons or right-click menu. Does anyone have any ideas of what might have happened. The only things I've done between working gnome and "funky" gnome is emerge gcc, reboot, and ldconfig (in that order).

Thanks,

DaveB

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Donovan · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:15 am Post subject:

Forget Google, I stopped looking for Linux answers there long ago.

Major heartattack (omg, python is the backbone of emerge!) averted in less than 2 minutes using Gentoo Forums. I really wish, like the Google Search box, that there was a Gentoo Search box in my Opera toolbar.

Long live Gentoo and all of us behind it!
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Andersson · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:55 am Post subject:

orzetto · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks to the posters for helping me too out of this mess... Has anyone who has a clue about what has been happening already committed a bug report?
This thing should be fixed ASAP, before there are too many machines around with this problem, since it cannot be fixed with emerge.
Cheers,
-Federico
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zeky · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:07 pm Post subject:

Can someone explains to me, why is this happening?
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m9dhatter · n00b Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 37 Location: philippines

i am not at the broken box right now. its at the office. i managed to restart my system as i was trying to fix it and now it wont boot. ( the error somewhat resembles the error when root and real_root aren't properly configured. i'm sure i fixed that a long time ago ) is there any way to fix it using the live CD?
thanks.

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Zidge · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 86

Well, it s solved this problem for me too, great !!
I was also think I may have to reinstall a part of the system

But I get:

revenant · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Posts: 9

daveb · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:41 pm Post subject: broken gnome

revenant · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Posts: 9

I've finally figured out what the deal was with the GNOME desktop not showing up.

I realized that Nautilus wasn't starting up, for some reason. So, here's what I did (as my normal user - not root):

1. "startx" to start X and GNOME. I get a blank desktop background (no icons, no wallpaper - nothing).
2. Open a terminal and, as your user, type "nautilus &" to start Nautilus in the background and return your terminal to you.

Now the desktop should show up and your file manager should open up. Go ahead and close all those things and quit X. Restart X and everything should be peachy!

Hope this helps.

daveb

darkweaseljedi · Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:18 am Post subject:

No one here has mentioned what the LDPATH should look like.

Also, I get this :

rubbermangoat · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:34 am Post subject:

I get a very similar thing,

flybynite · l33t Joined: 06 Dec 2002 Posts: 620

There is a tool that will fix your problems. fix_libtool_files.sh

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sirsky · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1

I know this thread has been sorta quiet for a bit, but I just got around to doing this tonight, and encountered this same problem.

First, thanks for the help guys, I couldn't have done it without you! Gentoo Forums are indespensible!

Now, on to the meat: while poking around (editing /etc/env.d/05gcc, per an earlier post), I noticed a directory called /etc/env.d/gcc. In there there are two files:

total 8.0K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Dec 5 19:16 config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 294 Feb 22 00:09 i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.2

The config file contains one line:

CURRENT=i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.2.3

which I changed to:

CURRENT=i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.2

Also, the i686 file is exactly the file that should be in ../05gcc:

PATH="/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3"
ROOTPATH="/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3"
LDPATH="/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2"
MANPATH="/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/man"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/info"
STDCXX_INCDIR="g++-v3"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"

I mv'd /etc/env.d/05gcc to ~/05gcc.old and cp'd /etc/env.d/gcc/i686... to /etc/env.d/05gcc.

Everything works perfectly now, it seems the ebuild is either putting the i686 file in the wrong place, or is skipping a step that should do it. Also, the ebuild isn't touching the env.d/gcc/config file (note the date above), so either that file isn't used anymore (in which case it should be removed) or isn't being updated at all by the ebuild.

Of course, after you fix these two files, run env-update, and ldconfig...

--sirsky

daoist · n00b Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 28

This is another "me too"...on the didn't work side of things.

I had a gentoo box sitting unused in a closet since dec 2003. Dusted it off, ran an emerge sync, and started on an emerge -u portage. After it emerged gcc 3.3.3 I started getting the infamous error.

I've tried ldconfig, no love.
I've tried commenting the gcc line in /etc/ld.so.conf and running ldconfig, no love.
I've tried the steps in the previous post. I cannot run env-update due to the libstdc++.so.5 error.

I'm quite thoroughly stuck.

edit: did more searching.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=171875
the solution by langthang worked for me.

Robert K. · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: the FIX