Re: [trinity-users] Problems with TDEsu

Hey Gene, if it's not finding libtdecore, it's game over, that's why it's not working. You can symlink a lib64 to the lib directory as a workaround for now until you get your packages in sync or whatever the cause of this is. cd /opt/trinity ln -s lib lib64

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 7:52 AM Gene Heskett <gheskett(a)shentel.net>

> On Friday 26 July 2019 00:17:21 William Morder via trinity-users

> > On Thursday 25 July 2019 20:40:45 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 July 2019 16:17:27 Mike Bird wrote: > > > > On Thu July 25 2019 10:51:52 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > gene@coyote:/etc/cron.daily$ tdesudo synaptic > > > > > tdesudo: error while loading shared libraries: > > > > > libtdecore.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such > > > > > file or directory > > > > > > > > Hi Gene, > > > > > > > > I have no idea how you can have TDE installed and running > > > > without one of the most important TDE libraries. Perhaps a > > > > path problem. > > > > > > No, well not intentional. Its looking, or trying to, > > > at /opt/trinity/lib64 but there's only a lib dir. Maybe this > > > explains other stuff thats wonky too. Like my index problems > > > with kmail a couple months back, etc etc. > > > > > > This was a 32 bit install until I updated to stretch for amd64 > > > on this machine. > > > > > > So how do I convert an uptodate r14 install from 32 bit to 64 > > > bit? > > > > > > here's the trinity.list > > > # Trinity repositories > > > deb > > > http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-r14.0.0/deb > > >ian/ stretch main > > > deb > > > http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-builddeps-r > > >14.0 .0/debi an/ stretch main > > > > > > So I don't see an amd64 spec. > > > > > > > Meanwhile have you considered setting a root password? > > > > Requiring a key instead of a password for ssh root login makes > > > > sense. And requiring sudo on systems with multiple admins > > > > with different privilege levels makes sense. But I don't see > > > > why you are making things hard for yourself on your systems > > > > but not having a root password. > > > > > > 1. I'm the only active, warm blooded user 1000. There are of > > > course other "users" but most of that is just sandboxing. > > > > > > And 2, debian has never been real fond of pw's for root. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > I'm with Gene on part 1 of this question: no root password for a > > single user system. I don't see any real purpose in making oneself > > log in as root to perform administrative tasks; it is enough to > > use sudo or su, so long as the admin is the only user, and the > > password is very secure. (If somebody wants to take 20 million > > years to brute-force my password, go right ahead, as it isn't > > written down anywhere, and it is really long, and has lots of > > messy characters. Oh, and I also alternate among 4 different > > complex passwords.) Of course, quantum computers will change all > > this, but maybe by then we'll also have some kind of comparable > > quantum encryption. > > > > However, part 2: tdesu is very useful for getting things done; and > > it never makes me log in as root. To do that, you have to set up > > your system for root logins, so it seems to me that you must have > > done this either on the original installation (one of the > > questions asked by the installer), or maybe you did it under the > > Trinity Control Center: > > > > TCC / System Administration / Login Manager / Convenience / > > Miscellaneous / Allow Root Login > > > > I never clicked that box, but maybe Gene did. > > > > Bill > > Nope. I don't allow an ssh login anyplace on my home network as > root. That makes moving stuff that needs root a 2 step process, > but thats ok, mc can handle both steps, just takes two sessions to > do it. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >--- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For > > additional commands, e-mail: > > trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages > > on the web archive: > > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > > top-post: > > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net > Read list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting