softimage_opensuse_XGetRequest

[Thomas Lübking]

On Dienstag, 29. Januar 2013 02:16:04 CEST, Eric Gunther wrote:

> Well, I think what I specifically did, which I realize in retrospect may
> have been stupid was 
>
> cd /usr/Sofitmage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin
>
> cp /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 .

that would copy the file /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 to the path /usr/Sofitmage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin and is pretty much what you wanted to do (except for libXext.so.6 likely being a symlink) but would not expect a completely broken System.

> which I thought meant 'here'.
"." is the current directory, yes.

> I did try various permutations of just that from zypper (openSuSE
> package management) and eventually from yast, but I couldn't figure out
> how to reinstall.  It (yast) told me that I would break all kinds of
> dependencies if I removed the package ( libXext6 )
You need to "upgrade" the package - removing the libXext package will leave you with a pretty naked system, yes :)


> Right! This means that I just needed to put a pointer back, nothing big.
> I think.
Ideally, yes - but since you re-installed everything, that's now pointless.

> Oh I see, it had what it need where it new it needed it.  Now neither
> case is true

"In a way" ;-)

> Thats one of the paths I had followed looking at something like;
>
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=libXext.spec&package=libXext&project=openSUSE%3A12.2&rev=14945e6c6db1aa638783399857fb50b8
>
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=libXext&project=openSUSE
> %3A12.2


libext in that package contains the undefined _XGetRequest symbol and the libX11 in that repo does contain the _XGetRequest function definition.
About the reputation of that repository, i cannot say the least, but it looks official?

> Not sure if I get it, but there is a program which ships with softimage
> called cmdreg
I do not know what that does, sorry.

man cmdreg

should tell you.


> I have seen mentioned a command like 
>
> cmdreg -f XSICOMDLLs.lst
>
> and also to set the environment one is to 'source'
> the /usr/Softimage/Sofimage_2011/.xsi_2011 file (in tcsh)

"source /usr/Softimage/Sofimage_2011/.xsi_2011"
evaluates whatever that script does, but i do not believe the end user is supposed to do such.

Also it will not fix your _XGetRequest problem, so i suggest to solve that first, before you hack random commands into the shell, just because you found them on the internet. :-\

Cheers,
Thomas