libsmbios problems

[Michael E Brown]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:17:59PM -0700, Matt Wette wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> You are good.  I had hand-installed version of libsmbios in /usr/local.
> I removed that and I'm in business now.

Cool. Let me know if it works ok for you. So far, several success
reports and one failure report. I'd be interested to know which distro
and laptop model you are using (to the mailing list).

Thanks,
Michael

> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> # ldd /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00711000)
>         libsmbios.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libsmbios.so.1 (0x008eb000)
>         libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x0612f000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x0029e000)
>         libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x060d0000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0015f000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00142000)
> 
> ... (move /usr/local/libsmbios out of the way) ...
> 
> # ldd /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00f8b000)
>         libsmbios.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsmbios.so.1 (0x00a45000)
>         libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x0612f000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x0029e000)
>         libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x060d0000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0015f000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00142000)
> # dellWirelessCtl --help
> Usage: dellWirelessCtl [options]
> 
>   --help,       -h                      Displays this information
>   --info,       -i                      Get wireless info
>   --wlan <args>                 Set WLAN radio runtime status
>   --bt <args>                   Set Bluetooth radio runtime status
>  ...
> 
> Michael E Brown wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:47:55PM -0700, Matt Wette wrote:
> >>I have:
> >>
> >># rpm -qa | grep smbi
> >>libsmbios-libs-0.13.4-1.fc6
> >>libsmbios-bin-0.13.4-1.fc6
> >>
> >>But if I run dellWirelessCtl I get ...
> >>
> >># dellWirelessCtl --help
> >>dellWirelessCtl: symbol lookup error: dellWirelessCtl: undefined symbol: 
> >>_ZN3smi25Radio_Transmission_EnableE
> >>
> >>What am I missing?
> >
> >Dont see how you could be missing anything.
> >
> >Did you install from the dell repo or from fedora extras? I am assuming
> >this is an FC6 system?
> >
> >Have you ever compiled and installed libsmbios manually? Do you have any
> >old copies of the lib sitting around anywhere? The only thing I can
> >think of is if you have a 0.13.2 or earlier sitting in your search path
> >somewhere.
> >
> >Try this (assuming you have slocate enabled):
> ># locate libsmbios.so.1
> >
> >--
> >Michael
> >
> >