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[SOLVED] Gtk applications problem

I have a problem with gtk applications.
I use a gentoo box and not long ago I wanted to update to gnome 2.16.
After that all kind of errors came up.
Almost any gtk application that I emerge (compile and install) I get this in the compilation process:
undefined symbol: g_type_register_static_simple

for example compiling gtk-2.10.4:

Code:

make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.10.4/work/gtk+-2.10.4/gtk'

GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.loaders \

  ./gtk-update-icon-cache --force --ignore-theme-index                \

  --source builtin_icons stock-icons > gtkbuiltincache.h

/var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.10.4/work/gtk+-2.10.4/gtk/.libs/lt-gtk-update-icon-cache: symbol lookup error: /var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.10.4/work/gtk+-2.10.4/gdk-pixbuf/.libs/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_type_register_static_simple

make[2]: *** [gtkbuiltincache.h] Error 127

make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.10.4/work/gtk+-2.10.4/gtk'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.10.4/work/gtk+-2.10.4'

make: *** [all] Error 2



!!! ERROR: x11-libs/gtk+-2.10.4 failed.

Call stack:

  ebuild.sh, line 1546:  Called dyn_compile

  ebuild.sh, line 937:  Called src_compile

  gtk+-2.10.4.ebuild, line 112:  Called die

now gaim stopped working with the same aspect:

Code:

gaim: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0: undefined symbol: g_type_register_static_simple

I recently updated to gcc 4.1.1 is that a problem and if yes how can I fix it?

I can't really find the solution to this problem ...
I already rebuilt my whole system and still cannot install the newest gtk or gnome packages because of this error.

g_type_register_static_simple() is from gobject library, which is part of glib package, so most likely that package is broken in some way.
Things to check:

What version your glib is?

Code:

pkg-config glib-2.0 --modversion
Are there any other libgobjects around? This should find 4 files in /usr/lib and nothing else.

Code:

locate libgobject
Is it being used?

Code:

ldd /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 | grep gobject
Does it contain the function at all?

Code:

strings /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 | grep g_type_register_static_simple

Code:

# pkg-config glib-2.0 --modversion



2.12.4

Code:

# locate libgobject

/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so

/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.la

/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.4

/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.a

/usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1000.1

/usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

/usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so

/usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.la

/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0

/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0/libgobject-2.0.so.0

Code:

 # ldd /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 | grep gobject



        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7e18000)



 # ldd /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 | grep gobject



        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7f4e000)

Code:

 # strings /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 | grep g_type_register_static_simple



g_type_register_static_simple



 # strings /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 | grep g_type_register_static_simple

 #

Ok so I see the portage system installs glib in /usr/lib and the applications use /usr/local/lib when searching for that library how can I change that besides creating some symlinks?

Ok I deleted all my libs in /usr/local/lib as they werent necessary and I had them installed by portage in /usr/lib too (and some were old versions).
Thank you Harmaa Kettu it's nice to learn new things from more experienced users.