gmsh (linux)

[Christophe Geuzaine]

"J. Booij" wrote:
> 
> I had sent a message a week or so ago informing you that I had problems
> with gmsh.
> >From my log (/var/log/messages) I see that I have
> CPU: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03
> The cpu runs at 500 MHz.
> I am running Linux 6.1
> my /usr/lib/libglib is version: libglib.so.1.0.6
> 
> In /usr/lib I have the following files that match *++*
> 
> libg++.so.2.7.2                 libstdc++.so.2.7.2
> libg++.so.2.7.2.8               libstdc++.so.2.7.2.8
> libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.a   libstdc++.so.2.8
> libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so  libstdc++.so.2.8.0
> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.a.2         libstdc++.so.2.9
> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2        libstdc++.so.2.9.dummy
> 
> I seem to have solved the problem by uninstalling the
> "mesa" library. gmsh now works although I do not understand
> why. (installation after removing mesa was done by copying the
> binary from the tar version, installing the rpm fails due
> to missing dependency)
> 
> For me there is currently no problem as I had indicated in
> an earlier message.
> 
> If you want more information in order to clarify what my problem
> was I will be happy to send any.
> 
> The error was not on just one computer, we have a more or less
> identical set of 5 Linux computers which had the same behaviour.
> 

OK, strange... Note that you can still install with rpm (to get the
manual pages and the examples) with 'rpm --nodeps gmsh*.rpm'.

My best,

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Christophe Geuzaine

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