Error loading kedit as root from command prompt

[Hairysocks]

 --- James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj at acm.org> wrote: > Hairysocks
wrote:
> > I'm using KDE 3.0.0 and Qt 3.0.4 on RH 7.1 with kernel
> 2.4.18.
> > 
> > If I'm in the command-line shell and run kedit as my normal
> user
> > I get the following messages:
> > 
> > /sources/qt-x11-free-3/plugins/imageformats/libqjpeg.so:
> Feature
> > JPEG already defined in
> > /sources/qt-x11-free-3.0.4/plugins/imageformats/libqjpeg.so!
> > /sources/qt-x11-free-3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so:
> Feature
> > MNG already defined in
> > /sources/qt-x11-free-3.0.4/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so!
> > 
> > BUT kedit does load.
> > 
> > If I su to root then run kedit, I get the following
> messages:
> > 
> > kedit: error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3:
> > cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
> > 
> > and kedit doesn't load.
> > 
> > Can anyone explain this? I'm sure you'll agree that its
> quite a
> > problem not being able to use kedit as root.
> > 
> > I've also tried other kde programs running as root and found
> > that if I run kword I get this:
> > 
> > /usr/kde3/bin/kdeinit: error while loading shared libraries:
> > libqt-mt.so.3: cannot load shared object file: No such file
> or
> > directory
> > 
> 
> The problem is that LD.SO can NOT find libqt-mt.so.3.
> 
> Now exactly why is another question.
> 
> Do you have the path to it in your: "/etc/ld.so.config" file?
> 
> --
> JRT

I Don't have a /etc/ld.so.config file.

Rob

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