On 01/18/2013 03:56 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:55:15 -0600 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> What does this error mean? >> >> Updating : gtk2 >> >> 35/178 >> g_module_open() failed for >> /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: >> /usr/local/lib/libpng12.so.0: undefined symbol: inflateReset >> /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0-64: /usr/local/lib/libpng12.so.0: no >> version information available (required by /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2) >> >> Do I really need gtk2 running on a server anyway? > Only if: > > 1) runlevel is 5 (for the GUI login) or you log into the console and then use > startx or xinit to fire up the X Server. > 2) you run GTK2 programs via SSH X-Server Tunneling -- you don't need it > for old-school xterms (eg xterm-215-8.el5_4.1), but you do need it for > gnome-terminals (eg gnome-terminal-2.16.0-5.3.el5_6.1). > > A server *should* be set to use a non-graphical bootup (leave off the > rhgb kernel param) and login (runlevel == 3). It is always possible to > do something like 'ssh -X/Y server /usr/bin/xterm' to launch a xterm or > other X11 application. See also programs like nx(server) and > vncserver/vncviewer, which are other ways to have a GUI on an otherwise > headless [server] system. But if all you ever do is use slogin to the > server, then no, none of the xorg or gtk/gnome or KDE/Qt packages need > (or should) be installed (ie deselect '<mumble>-desktop', > 'graphical-internet', etc. groups during install). The library in issue: /usr/local/lib/libpng12.so.0 Did not come from CentOS ... BUT ... it is meeting CentOS requirements now that it is installed. What does this say: rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/local/lib/libpng12.so.0 The first question you need to answer is why you have something providing a major requirement like that in /usr/local/lib/ Then you need to decide if you want that item. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130119/ef7ff01e/attachment-0004.sig>