Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault
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On Tue, 02 Jun 1998, Tor Slettnes wrote:
>It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH,
>libc5 applications such as Netscape, StarOffice 4.0 and WordPerfect
>causes segmentation fault right away.
>
>I then tried the glibc2 (libc6) version of Netscape 4.05, and this
>did not happen.
>
>Also, if I 'unsetenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH' (or remove /usr/X11R6/lib from
>it) before starting these applications, they work fine.
>
>I put on an strace, and it seems that the segfault happens after a
>call to "getpid()". This call does not happen if I do not include
>/usr/X11R6/lib in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>
>-tor
>
>
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you upgraded your system to libc6, right? I used to have the same problem. You
can solve it by installing the libc5 packages from the oldlibs section.
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