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bjorntj

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Registered: 2011-05-10

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PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libresol

Not sure if this is the right forum but I'll try...

After the upgrade of glibc today, xscreensaver is not working anymore (the unlocking of desktop part). I get the follwing in the log when I try to unlock:

PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2: symbol __h_errno, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
PAM adding faulty module: /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so

Any way to fix this?

Regards,

BTJ

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cirrus

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Registered: 2012-08-24

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Re: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libresol

I too see this on 4 Archlinux installs, im guessing its a bug. I dont use xscreensaver, as far as i can tell everything is working as it should.

Last edited by cirrus (2015-08-12 22:02:51)

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falconindy

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Re: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libresol

This is typical of software which uses dlopen to reference libraries provided by glibc (you'll see it with cron every time it wakes up). It's not really a bug, it's just a version mismatch. The "solution" is invariably to restart the complaining program.

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cirrus

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Re: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libresol

Thanks for the explanation falconindy

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Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

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Re: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so): /usr/lib/libresol

The glibc updates remain pretty problematic; I've had to execute `systemctl daemon-reexec` on various machines as well to fix this