error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution
Use the urpmf command to find the packages that contain the missing libraries like :

urpmf libasound.so.2

and then when you get something like the following:

lib64alsa2:/usr/lib64/libasound.so.2
lib64alsa2:/usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0
lib64alsa2:/usr/lib64/libasound.so.2
lib64alsa2:/usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0
libalsa2:/usr/lib/libasound.so.2
libalsa2:/usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
libalsa2:/usr/lib/libasound.so.2
libalsa2:/usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0

install the missing packages with:

sudo urpmi lib64alsa2
or/and
sudo urpmi libalsa2

Solution
To be able to use the available space the quickest solution is:

• restart your VMware session but run in safe mode
• start up drakdisk
• select the partition you want to resize. WARNING (Make sure you back up important data – even though in my case everything went smoothly)
• umount the select partition and resize using all the avaliable free space
• after a few minutes you should be able to restart your VMware and login to your virtual machine as normal, and the partition should be resized

Solution
Download the latest code from the arduino website and extract the file somewhere.

Add your username to the dialout and uucp groups so you don’t get permissions errors.

install the avr-gcc package:
$ sudo urpmi avr-gcc

if everything works as it should then you should be able to select the port from the arduino IDE (Tools -> Serial Port -> /dev/ttyACM0)

You should then be able to communicate with the Arduino board by using one of the examples (ie Examples/Basic/Blink)

Solution
You would need to install Mandriva’s openldap-clients package that includes the ldapsearch:

sudo urpmi openldap-clients

Solution
Start your skype instance from the comand line using the following:

D_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so /path_to/skype/skype_static-2.1.0.81/skype &

When you try to run the console rails c in a new Rails 3.0.3 application, and when you use rvm, you get the following error:

no such file to load -- readline (LoadError)

Solution

It’s quite like likely that the readline libraries are missing from your installation. To find out which ones go to the directory that the error is indicating (ie):

cd ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p299

and then to the following:

cd ext/readline

then run the following:

ruby extconf.rb

If you get something like:
checking for readline/readline.h... no
checking for editline/readline.h... no

then you are probably missing the neccessary header files for readline.
so install them in your system (ie in Mandriva):

sudo urpmi readline-dev,

In Debian you will need to install libreadline5-dev and maybe libncurses5-dev (apt-get install).

When the package is installed successfully run the following again:

ruby extconf.rb
make
sudo make install

You should now be able to go back to your project and run rails c with no errors.

Solution
According to the errata in the Mandriva website here you only have to add the following to your ~/.mplayer/config file:

vo=x11

Solution
Run as su the following (maybe a couple of times), while the sansa is connected:
sudo rmmod ehci_hcd
sudo modprobe ehci_hcd

Solution
To install the tools in Mandriva 2010 run:
sudo urpmi mysql-query-browser mysql-administrator.

Solution

• Install eclipse first (selecting openjdk when prompted):

  sudo urpmi eclipse

• According to the instructions here take the following steps:
• From the Help menu in Eclipse, select Software Updates
• Select the Available Sotware tab
• Click the “Add Site..” button.
• Specify the Location Url update site: http://update.aptana.com/update/studio/3.4/ and click OK
• Select the checkbox next to the added update site.
• Click the install button.
• Complete instruction to install from update site and restart eclipse
• Go to ‘My Aptana’ page and then the ‘Plugins’ tab on the top
• Click on Aptana Rad Rails ‘Get It’ link and get through the next sequence of screens select ‘ok’.
• Restart Eclipse and RadRails should now be installed.